I want to do cliched masala films: Minissha Lamba

New Delhi: Her last film, Shyam Benegal's Well Done Abba, went on to win a National award but actress Minissha Lamba says that the genre lacks mass appeal and she now wants to do some "cliched masala" flicks.

The actress' performance in the film was lauded by critics and the movie was also in the running to be India's official entry for the Academy Awards, but Minissha says that she was disappointed.

"What's the point in doing good films that do get appreciated critically but don't quite reach the intended audience. It was very disappointing actually when the film didn't do well," said Minissha.

The 25-year-old actress who debuted with 'Yahaan', a gritty film about the ill-fated romance between a Indian soldier and a Kashmiri girl, says that she now wants to be a part of conventional Bollywood flicks.

"I want to do films which reach out to maximum audience base. Whichever movie that you are a part of, you want it to do well. I am game for those conventional song and dance affairs. After all this is the heritage that we carry in Bollywood. I want to be a part of those cliched movies," said the actress.

Minissha is currently working on Hum Tum Aur Shabana, a romantic comedy and the sequel to the hit satire Bheja Fry.

She plays the central role of Shabana in the Sagar Ballary directed affair that features Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade as her suitors.

"Hum Tum Aur Shabana is a lovely film. It is a very different comedy and is altogether different from the work that I have done in the past. I have done a lot of serious and heavy dramas like 'Shaurya' and 'Yahaan' before. I guess now is the time to get people laughing. I guess this way you can reach out to a larger set of audience," added Minissha.

While laughter is in, how about the liberal dose of skin show that she had willingly indulged in, especially around the release of Kidnap.

The actress says that it was a conscious decision on her part and she does not regret it one bit.

"It was something that I did because Kidnap was releasing at that time. The sort of image that I carried pre-Kidnap days was completely different so a makeover was a must. I don't regret any of those decisions at all," said the actress who had grabbed headlines with a racy men's magazine cover.