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For me, playing a mother was a point of resistance; the question of 'will I get typecast' was going on in my mind.
My father is a retired Navy officer; my sister is in the army. For me, defence services have been close to my heart.
There are so many people, organisations, parities, religions. Whatever you try, someone or the other will be offended.
I do not want to work to stay busy. I want to feel excited and challenged with each character that I portray on-screen.
You will not find outsiders getting main, important roles in big films. The difficult part is to meet the right people.
It is true that no matter how good your film is, you get judged purely on the basis of how well it does at the box office.
Whenever I have to work on my skills or add to my craft, I do theatre. It's one place where I can learn a lot as an actor.
Doing comedy takes much lesser toll on you as a person. The overall exertion is not as much as a serious film like 'Pink.'
I have visited Ajmer Sharif Dargah a couple of times before, and each time, it fills my heart with so much love and gratitude.
I do not make an effort to promote myself as a brand. I just focus on making the right choices that feel right to me as an actor.
I have realised it is easy to point fingers at others, but the moment you start questioning yourself, you become a better person.
I was ecstatic when I got my first film. But it took me some time to realise that the struggles and hardships would never be over.
I've stopped blaming myself for being a woman. I've stopped being apologetic about my sexuality and become comfortable with myself.
You need to be able to communicate what you feel - good or bad. But when I feel things are falling on deaf ears, I take a step back.
I am an actress, so my fans or the large audience should look at me as an actress on screen and love or hate me based on my performance.
I wish 'Jal' could re-release so that the people could watch it and know how people from Rajasthan and other drought-affected areas suffer.
Rajasthan is a place I visit very often. My grandparents live in the village called Kulhariyon Ka Baas, and I am originally from Rajasthan.
I prefer eight hours of sound sleep at night. But on days when I can't, I try not to fuss about it and keep taking power naps through the day.
In theatre, you rehearse for months and then perform. That way, you're totally in-sync with your character, the other characters, and the story.
I won't say there aren't 'smart' roles for women, but the variety is limited. I feel the real representation is not widely available in Bollywood.
I love aloe vera, and I apply a lot of fruit and vegetable pulp as masks on my skin - fresh tomatoes, banana, avocado - anything that is around me.
I don't care about the image I have. What matters to me is that with every film, I am growing more and more as an actor, pushing and challenging myself.
It's great to play games which are fun and make you enjoy, but the moment it puts you or anybody around you at risk, just know it's not the right thing.
It will be great to live in a world where we don't discuss sex anymore because we have managed to go beyond it. And then we can focus on more important things.
It's tough making people laugh, as we have so much going on in our lives. We forget to see humour as part of everything. The same thing translates on screen, too.
I won't deny that when you look at a director's work, you are aware of the different works that they have done. For me, what's more important is my instinct about that person.
I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after 'Pink.' It is one film after 'Shaitan' where I am hoping things will change for me.
In Bollywood, everything is very one dimensional. This is a girl: she laughs a lot, is forever happy, chirpy, and that's all she is doing throughout the film. That's not how we are.
We were a Doordarshan household... with a curfew. So after lights out at 10 P.M., we could barely keep up with the latest films of the time. So even thinking about becoming an actress was unfathomable.
I am not too much into political awareness, but I had known a lot about Indira Gandhi's strong persona. Obviously, she had a powerful personality and a lot of clarity and wisdom to rule India for so long.
It feels overwhelming to be recognised for 'Pink.' Surprisingly, all the frustration, angst of not being recognised for my talent and work all these years has disappeared overnight, and I am left only with gratitude.
I am ready to go super bold. I would like to thank not just my husband but even my in-laws, who have had no problems with my bold characters. You may find it surprising that we all discuss my scripts on the dining table.
Cinema is a reflection of society and, in most cases, has the ability to be a mirror and not just show the problems but also give solutions and help them reach a large number of people through faces and voices that matter.
For the day, keep it simple, basic, minimalistic, natural. Stick to peaches and pinks. For night, you can add colour to your eyes, make them smoky, and also use shimmer and bronzer. Night make up also calls for louder lip colours.
Whatever I read about Emergency as a part and process of my film, I can say, as a citizen of a democratic country called India, I am certainly not 'for' Emergency, a decision that snatched away the normalcy of human life for 21 months.
All of us, at different times of life, are looking for answers. It happened to me a decade ago and led me to the path of wanting to know more. I read Osho, Sadhguru, Deepak Chopra, and Parmananda Yogi. I haven't found the ultimate answer. The journey is the answer.