Alright God, I get the message. Go with the flow. |
But I have made no conscious effort to look battered and bruised. It is just the way one feels when one is put in a certain traumatic situation. |
Do I look like a masochist or the sort who'd go through physical or verbal abuse? A year after my accident... when I fell of the stairs, I'm still being asked if I was physically abused. It saddens me that I'm being portrayed as this battered woman. |
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay. |
for me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn't even educated in India because of the way I'd speak. And they'd be like, 'Have you studied in India? Do you actually speak English out there?' and, I was like, 'This is so interesting that so many people know so little about my country.' and this is exactly what I wanted to do when I set out on this little mission in my head. |
I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run. |
I don't want to win any brownie points for giving good copy to the press. I've been extremely dignified and well-behaved while dealing with journalists. So many journalists who have interacted with me have come away pleasantly surprised. |
I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred. |
I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging. |
I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie. |
I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously. |
I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops. |
It's a wonderfully told story, ... I look for work that is meaningful and where I can be able to contribute to tell a story. |
My family is my strength and my weakness. |
Okay, let's take statistics. How many interviews have I given you in the last six years? Just five or six? Doesn't that say something? I hate to sound immodest, but this dates back to my personality since the age of 13. I've always got attention, which at times has been quite unwarranted. |