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Priyanka Chopra didn’t make a very convincing skydiver in the blockbuster Krrish because her gait and movements didn’t match those of an athlete. However, in Don, after having received martial arts training for her role, her control over her body is evident even in her dance sequences.

In the original Don, Zeenat Amaan as Roma was shown executing fight sequences that could only have been executed by a trained fighter. However, she wasn’t cast as a fighter and frankly did not appear fit enough to skip a rope for any length of time. In the remake, to lend greater credibility to the fight sequences, Roma is cast as a trained martial arts expert. Hence the training, that Priyanka had to undergo.

The new Don’s Roma is not just ready to fight for him, she is trained to do so!

Priyanka is not particularly perturbed by the fact that her performance as Roma in the Don remake, to be released this Friday, will be measured against that of Zeenat in the original. She feels the two films, while based on the same story line, are substantially different, “There will be comparisons, of course. When we started off with the film we were very prepared for the fact that there will be comparisons. However, our Don, as much as it is a remake of the original Don, is very different.”

Speaking with Star News recently Priyanka said that she does not believe her performance will get lost in the Don centric focus of the film and the presence of three other female stars.

As far as the Don centric focus goes, Priyanka says, “I am sure Zeenat Aman had no such apprehension and neither do I. I am very proud that I am part of Don. I have never taken on a role based on the screen time that it will give me, or the number of scenes in which I will appear. I like doing films which people want to see.”

Similarly she is unfazed by the presence of Kareena Kapoor and Isha Koppikar in the film because she says, “We play very different characters.”

She doesn’t think she had to compete against them because she say, “When you work in a film together you work as a team.”

Similarly she exuded confidence when probed on her thoughts about Don being released on the same day as another big ticket film Jaaneman. In fact, she gave the same tiresome, and somewhat stupid, answer that other Don and Jaaneman stars have been mouthing the whole of last week, “The two films belong to different genre”.

As if film goers confine themselves to genre! Why can’t they just say that the festival weekend is a long one and we think movie buffs will want to see two good films over the two holidays?

Surprisingly, Priyanka does not exude too much of confidence about the success of the Don remake. She defensively said, “There will be mixed reactions. Some people will like the new film others will not. However, this is something that happens with every film.”

No baby! We think you are wrong! The film has Shah Rukh Khan and it has you. Above all it is directed by Frahan Akhtar. The naysayers will be hard to find.