Sameera Reddy plays a Punjabi kuddi, Manpreet Oberoi, in this Priyadarshan’s comedy, something interesting challenge for an actress of south origin.
But the actress brushed off the character’s expectations as she said to have comfortably pulled off the Punjabi role.
Sameera said that she didn’t work much on the Punjabi accent for the movie, for she just had to play a normal urban girl. Being a hilarious flick, the actress had her share of fun on the sets. Talking about ‘De Dana Dan’, Sameera said, “Katrina and I play girlfriends of Akshay and Suneil respectively and since we have money and they don't, it leads to some really funny scenes. In their endeavour to make money, they steal a dog and what follows next brings in more than a couple of dozen characters together. The film is typical Priyadarshan cinema and has the kind of comedy which is completely situational.”
These days where hour-glass figures have given place to size zeroes, Sameera remains to maintain her chubby image. With slim beauty Katrina in De Dana Dan, Sameera has no concerns over her own figure. In fact the actress is not in favour of a skinny figure and explained, “See, Indian men like to see their woman in a certain shape and size but which brings on the oomph. But sorry, from a model body, you can't expect that oomph factor. This entire 'go skinny' route is not setting a good example for the Indian women.” Sameera also stated that image-maintenance is all media generated. To prove her point, she refers to yesteryear actresses like Sridevi, Kajol and Madhuri Dixit who weren’t thin.