Bollywood's finest actresses, Kajol says she was not keen to do 'We Are Family' because it had a first-time director.

One has doubts working with first-time directors: Kajol
Dibyojyoti Baksi [ Tue, Aug 24, 2010 ]

Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) One of Bollywood's finest actresses, Kajol says she was not keen to do 'We Are Family' because it had a first-time director. She also believes being a mother in real life made a difference to her body language in the film where she is shown to have three children.

Definitely. I think you always have doubts while working with first-time directors and it's very sensible to do that,' Kajol, 35, told IANS in an interview about her latest film helmed by Siddharth Malhotra.

I don't think you should have complete confidence in first-ime directors, you have to depend on yourself as well,' said Kajol who had many years ago teamed up with Aditya Chopra in his directorial debut 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' that went on to be a huge hit.

Now that 'We Are Family' is ready for release, she is quite positive about the film, a Hindi adaptation of Hollywood comedy-drama 'Stepmom'. Releasing Sep 3, the film also stars Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor.

Lots of films can't be remade. If there is a magic in a film, that cannot be rejuvenated. But there are some films that can. I think 'Stepmom' is one of those. We couldn't have done this in English. If we have tried to do it in English, it would have flopped miserably,' Kajol said.

Since we are doing it in a different language, we had to change the script and make it more Indian. I personally think it's a different film from what 'Stepmom' originally is. When you watch the film, the premise of the film remains the same, but there is so much else there that I hope you come up with the feeling that it's a different film altogether.'

Though it was her best pal, director-producer Karan Johar's production, Kajol really didn't want to do a film soon after 'My Name Is Khan'.