Lauren Gottlieb on shooting an unplanned live music video with Honey Singh

Actor and dancer Lauren Gottlieb is currently performing with rapper Honey Singh on his My Story tour In an exclusive conversation with midday Lauren opened up about collaborating with the rapper and spoke about her future plans in BollywoodLauren first performed at Honey Singhs concert on March 14 and followed it up by performing at his Mumbai concert on March 28 Now she revealed that she plans to join him at his upcoming concert in Pune tooSpeaking about how the collaboration came together Lauren said it was very lastminute I got a call on a Thursday night and they said Can you be on a flight first thing in the morningrdquoLauren Gottlieb on performing with Honey SinghWhat made the Delhi performance stand out was that Lauren and Honey Singh were not just dancing together on stage but were simultaneously shooting a live music videoLauren revealed that what unfolded on stage was almost entirely improvised since they were only able to rehearse twice before the concertRecalling her dramatic entry she said I had this really long walkin and Honey Singh was right in front of me and I just gave him this look I think it shocked him Then all of a sudden he gave me a huge smile and I realised that we were locked in together When you have 25000 people but yoursquore doing something very intimate thatrsquos not really choreographed you have to be locked into one anotherElaborating on the challenge of performing for the audience and camera simultaneously the ABCD actress said ldquoItrsquos something that no onersquos done before And itrsquos like a onetake with the camera Were performing for the camera And everyones able to see it on the screen So Im looking into the camera and giving all those expressions that you would in a normal shoot But when I go off camera and the cameras on him then Im performing for the rest of the arena Because you have to know that 25000 people are also thereLauren details her Easter plansFor Lauren this Easter is special as it marks her first Easter post her marriage to Tobias Jones Sharing her plans she revealed I am performing with Honey on Saturday in Pune The concert has since been postponed So on Easter Sunday we will be waking up probably having a nice brunch and heading back to Bombay Ill be away from my husband away from my family back home But everyone knows Im living my dreams and everyones very supportive I have to go home and see them very soon or call them hereLauren talks about her upcoming projectsLauren has been enjoying a mix of being in front of the camera and leading the creative vision from behind the scenes She recently appeared in a supporting role in Single Salma choreographed and performed the song Who Rules The World for The RoyalsLauren shared how her approach to projects has evolved after investing in learning acting A trained dancer since the age of 7 Lauren largely restricted herself to special appearances in songs in films like Detective Byomkesh Bakshy and Welcome Back However now she is prepared to take on meatier rolesldquoI went to acting school in New York which I hadnt done when I first entered Bollywood So Im looking out for the right roles now and Im being really intentional with what Irsquom doing Irsquom exploring film opportunities and songs I have a song shoot coming up in a couple of weeksrdquo she disclosedHinting at something bigger in the works Lauren also shared ldquoIrsquom currently working on my own show which is really exciting Itrsquos something I havenrsquot spoken about yet Its going to be at a Hollywood meets Bollywood type of level and something never seen beforerdquoShe also got candid about her crackling onstage chemistry with Honey Singh expressing confidence in a future collaboration ldquoI think 100 percent we have to do a music video I put money on it The chemistry is there and people love seeing us together