I have had a very comfortable and beautiful life.
I am a Bombay girl.
Even as a teenager, my sensibility was different because my parents introduced me to some amazing films. I grew up watching films like 'Kabuliwala,' 'Casablanca,' and 'Mandi.'
'Sonchiriya' speaks of the consequences of societal bias and the bloody consequences of revenge when human lives become casualty.
Women face so much at various levels - it can be as simple as the common belief that a woman is incapable of doing certain things or the fact that even if you do something wrong to her, she won't speak up for fear of embarrassment... The time is here that we all should fight against such wrongs.
Earlier, actors had a lot of power in their hands. And now, it has gone in the hands of the directors and writers, and that is how it should be. They are the visionaries, and we are the doers.
If you mingle with real people, only then your craft can improve. I spend most of my time outside the vanity van, speaking to people. You never know what you can pick from a person.
Whenever I hear the narration for a new film, I have this process back home where my mother reads all my scripts.
I'm very content with my work, and I never complain.
I remember the first time I held a rifle - the metal was so cold, and it's so heavy. I also didn't know the amount of pressure I had to use. My first finger went numb for a week.
I love being an actor so much because, as a person, I would be conscious about pimples and weight because I love vanity, and I own up to it. I have been like that since I was a child, but where my characters are concerned, they are such confident women that I love celebrating my flaws on screen.
Thank God for the Internet. Thank God for these amazing portals that are there. For instance, Netflix and Amazon. The kind of content the audience has got to see has gone up drastically, and because of this, the quality of work will go up, too.
I believe 'Sonchiriya' is a film that will be recalled with much pride and respect for many years from now. We all worked very hard to make it a special work, and the director Abhishek Sir is a genius.
I had a replica of a red outfit that Karisma Kapoor wore in some movie. I have worn that outfit on many occasions.
The sad truth of our country is that Indian women don't get a moment of rest.
Hummus has been my saviour. I've used it in every form: on sandwiches, rotis, with veggies and meat.
The journey of shedding weight was tough, but the only good thing was it did not take a toll on my health.
If you don't want to hit the gym, go cycling or skipping.
I'm a very big Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan fan. I've grown up seeing them, and they're larger-than-life in the true sense for me.
