'I’ve visited Noida, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune. Cinema is far more influential in India.'Īt the moment, she’s enjoying her stay in India. In Africa, I’ve been associated with NGOs, but cinema is not a powerful medium there.

'If my association with Bollywood is the way to put across the message of hope, then so be it. She visited Dharavi in Mumbai as part of her association with an NGO. It is my dream to make this a better world.' As much as I love acting, my biggest passion in life is supporting charitable causes. 'If one has the name and voice to help the poor, one must do it. I am very happy that people here will see me in this film.'Ĭaterina is in India to promote the film and to help a bigger cause. My Bollywood debut is different from the usual song-and-dance films. But once, a friend of mine showed me Jodhaa Akbar and I was blown away by the exquisite beauty and presentation. 'Where I come from, I did not have the chance to see many Bollywood films. She confesses that she is not a big Bollywood fan. This is not an ordinary film and Rajeev Khandelwal is not an ordinary actor,' Caterina says. I watched the film recently and it has everything that I had read in the script. I felt the film would turn out really well, and I was right. So why Bollywood? 'When Rajeev Jhaveri, the director of Fever met me in Monte Carlo, it didn’t take me long to say yes to his film.

Now I am trying Bollywood for the first time. Although I am known as the ‘Bond girl’, I’ve done films and television shows in different languages. I’ve travelled so far and so long that sometimes, I forget where I am. She says, 'I am naturally curious about life and all its experiences. She has done over 50 TV shows and films in English, French and Italian, and is now set to make her Bollywood debut opposite Rajeev Khandelwal in Fever. But there is much more to this Italian beauty.

Caterina Murino is best known for her stunning presence as Solange Dimitrios in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.

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