Apart from its novel storyline, Vicky Donor is gaining tremendous popularity thanks to three rare women characters in the film -- Vicky's progressive grandmother (played by Kamlesh Gill), his mother Dolly (Dolly Ahluwalia) and his love interest Ashima (Yami Gautam). The three actresses spoke to Sonil Dedhia about their experience of working on the film.

At 75, Kamlesh Gill has suddenly become the coolest grandmother ever. Gill took the nation by storm by playing a progressive grandmother in Vicky Donor. So much so that she has been a trending topic on the social networking sites. The theatre actress is overwhelmed with the response the film has got. She says, "I am very happy the film is doing so well. I hear from my family about how my character is being talked about. It's a pleasant surprise but at the end of the day everyone has done really well in the film."

She recounts her first visit to the theatre to see the film with her family, "I went to see the film at one of theatres in Delhi. I sat for quite a long time after the film got over since I wanted the audience to disperse. To my surprise, when I came out everyone was waiting for me. Youngsters came up to me, hugged me and said they wanted a cool grandmother like my character in the film.

"Some of them even offered me to have a drink (Laughs)." She also says that she has been getting calls from all over the world complimenting her for the whiskey drinking scene from the film along with Dolly Ahluwalia (who plays her daughter-in-law in the movie). "People love the idea of a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sitting together and having a drink. It is quite unconventional in our society but I guess it worked. Since Dolly and I have done a lot of theatre together it was very easy to work with her."

On being asked about her most memorable scenes from the film and she says, "There are two scenes which are my favourite. When Vicky gets an iPhone for Beeji she disapprovingly says she was expecting a 32 GB memory instead of 16 GB memory (laughs). The other scene which I like is when Dolly and Beeji sit and drink and share their sorrows. It was really an emotional moment."

She says that she agreed to be a part of the film as she has earlier worked with Shoojit Sircar (the film's director) in a television commercial, "I had done an advertisement of a bank with Shoojit. When he offered me Vicky Donor, I found it very interesting. It was something different which was never seen before so I immediately agreed to be a part of it."

Gill is a renowned theatre and Punjabi television actor and has been working in plays for nearly 50 years. She has also acted in films like Socha Na Tha and Love Aaj Kal. "In the 1970's, my serial Aur Gham Bhi Hain Zamanein Mein was very popular and I got a lot of movie offers. Unfortunately, I lost my husband at a very young age and since I had to take care of my two daughters, I didn't accept a lot of work. I did small roles and did whatever I could. My family was my priority and I am very happy about my decision," she explains.

Image: Kamlesh Gill and Ayushmann Khurrana in Vicky Donor