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'Harleen'  TNN Aug 7, 2009, 12.00am IST (Giselle More Pics)
Says Imtiaz Ali, director of Love Aaj Kal, on why he chose a
Brazilian, "I was auditioning girls from all over the country
but couldn't find the right girl to play the 1965 ki gali mein
rehne wali ladki, purane zamane ki."  Giselle walked into
Imtiaz's office one day for the part of Saif's firang
girlfriend. "She wasn't right for Jo, but I realised she was
Brazil's Harleen." Giselle understood the old-world values of
her small town character better than an urban Indian actress
would have. "The small-town mentality in every part of the world
is similar," he says.  Even when Harleen was seen in the
trailers, her identity was a closely guarded secret. When she
came to Delhi for the premiere of the film on Thursday last
week, Giselle was available for photographs, but forbidden to
say a word. At the time, the representative from Saif's
production company who accompanied her refused to tell DT