'Oomph diva, me? No way, that's a one-off thing'

New Delhi: Shrugging off all speculation regarding her recent metamorphosis into a oomphy diva in her latest film, My name is Anthony Gonsalves, Bollywood actress Amrita Rao says she is still the same girl-next door and it was just one song where she put up the sexy image.

"The sexy image was limited only to that song of the film. In rest of the film I am the same girl that you all know. I play a working woman in the film and I am happy with the role," she says.

Amrita, who paired up with debutant actor Nikhil Dwivedi in this film, had her last release Vivah in 2006. So where she had been in all this time?

"I was working in a Telegu film and moreover since there are no second chances in the film industry, I decided to choose my films rather carefully," she says.

But now that she has made a comeback after a year, why did she choose to act with a newcomer?

"Well, Nikhil never looked to me as a newcomer. I never felt that he was acting for the first time. He never looked out of place. Although the film had some great actors, he almost moved freely with everybody," says the actress, who made her debut with Ishq Vishq Pyar Vyar starring Shahid Kapoor.

Amrita who hogged the limelight with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Main Hoon Na, says she wants to live a new life in each of her films.

"I am looking for different roles so that I can live a new life in each of my films. So that each time I face my audience I look different," she says.

Amrita who has always been portraying a good girl image says she would love to act in an action film.

"I am working in a film called 'Short Cut', starring Anil Kapoor, then there is Victory directed by Neeraj Vora and last but not the least Shayam Benegal's Mahadev," she says.

While Victory is a cricket-centric film pairing me and Harman Baweja, Mahadev is a satirical comedy where I play a traditional role opposite Shreyas Talpade," she adds.

A self-confessed fan of Benegal, Amrita says that she watched all the films of the award winning director before facing the camera.

"I always wanted to work with Shayam sir. So I watched all his films, including Zubaida before going for shooting," she says.