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I am glad that 'Lust Stories' is coming on Netflix as opposed to the kind of commercial release it was going to get.
I am a young girl, and I am open to dating, but at the risk of sounding cliched, I really don't have the time for it.
I don't have a problem with being overweight. That's fine. But there's a thin line between being unhealthy and overweight.
I told my mother I wanted to be an actress, and the next thing I know is that I'm studying in a very expensive film school.
After 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha,' I didn't know which way my life will head because my debut was with a very unconventional role.
Just wearing expensive and glamorous clothes do not merit for me to do a film. There has to be a good story and a good role.
I feel good when my films get all the love, respect, and appreciation. That is my driving force to do better work in future.
I've seen everything at a very young age... I am a strong, opinionated person who really belongs to this modern day and age.
As a woman, my stance is that I'm a fighter, and in no way will I support any kind of injustice against women in our society.
I make sure I travel with my girlfriends at least twice a year because that's the time I rejuvenate and disconnect from myself.
My parents always told me that we won't get you married until you are independent. Women have always been celebrated in my house.
'Sonchiriya' speaks of the consequences of societal bias and the bloody consequences of revenge when human lives become casualty.
I feel, as an actor, you should be in a position to mould yourself into different characters and should have the ability to change.
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.
I am constantly trying to push my boundaries and break the mould that has been made for leading actresses, and it is such great fun.
The kind of films I do, people assume that I am not a fashionable person, but I am an urban girl, and I have always been fashionable.
I have been fortunate to be around people that don't believe in misogyny at the workplace or in my family. But of course, it does exist.
The fact that we don't have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people do what they believe in.
I want to always break stereotypes. It is fulfilling as an actor to be able to do that, especially when you see people and the audience loving it.
When I was overweight, my back hurt, and my ankles would swell up. It wasn't the weight itself but the problems it brought along that bothered me.
Women, especially in rural India, have to undergo such suffering and pain. It is important for our cinema to address their pain, anger, and frustration.
Priyanka Chopra - I have actually adored her since I was 10, maybe, when she became Miss India. She's just super strong, and I crush on all strong women!
Having born and brought up in Mumbai, I am as urban as urban can be, but my parents ensured that my sister and I understand social responsibility as well.
I feel that a heroine or a leading character is someone who stays back with you, and I would like to believe that all my characters have stayed with people.
Cinema has the power to change the society. Through my films, the kind of characters I have played and will play, I am trying to do my bit in changing the patriarchal mindset.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
Abhishek Chaubey has been in my bucket list for a long time. When he approached me, I thought it's for a film he is producing, but I never expected my fourth film to be an Abhishek Chaubey film.
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.
Everywhere in the society, even my extended family, when they got to know that I am going to be an actor, they were very worried because there is a lot of negativity attached to my craft or being a heroine.
As a girl, the thought of gaining weight wasn't easy, but when I thought as an actor, I was very sure. That gave me the confidence, and I started training myself to gain weight, and then, as planned, I lost weight.
I feel, in our culture, the girl with any sort of power is called 'difficult' or various words that are demeaning just because she has a voice, has confidence, and stands for her rights. It is sad, but it is the truth of our country.
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 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.
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.