Antara Mali was always daringly different. If she performed the typical Bollywood matak-jhataks in Main Bhi Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon , she has defied the very logic of film choreography with her jaw-dropping body contortions in Naach .

For Antra, Naach is not just movie about dance and dancing, it is “an individual’s expression of art.”

A tête-à-tête with the actress, on Naach , box office performance and Ram Gopal Varma.

You're pitched against Madhubala's naach (dancing) in Mughal-e-Azam .

And how wonderful is that! I don't think mine and Madhubala's dances are so dissimilar. Both have spirit and soul. They're aesthetically different. But they both have passion and emotion. The intention behind Naach is pure.

Why so less work?

I can't do more than one film at a time. It completely occupies my heart and soul. I can't do things I'm not comfortable with. I'm really bad at that. I'd rather be conscious of my weaknesses than my strengths. I may have done just a handful of films so far. But people remember all of them.