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Mamata Banerjee was the reason for me joining politics.
I have always been brazen. That's why I can't tolerate corruption.
I still feel the affection of the fans that I get because of my acting career.
I wanted to play a domestic help all my life... Because I wanted to break my image.
Well, I help some underprivileged children stay and study in Rajpur, near Narendrapur.
I have stayed in homes that didn't have basic infrastructure such as proper washrooms.
Winning or losing elections is not important. What is important is that I have taken the plunge.
I wanted to be an architect, fate took me to films. Now that I am into politics, I want to give my best here.
I would say that every political party must remain in some form in a state or the Centre for the sake of democracy.
Election results and winning an election is not all about winning the next election or planning to win the next election.
I am getting support of people from all class and creed. Some of them told me they will vote for me, if not for the party.
Ours was a family of engineers with no political affiliation; art and culture were the only things that we discussed at home.
I have always worked with utmost care. I have given my 25 years. I seemed I have more to offer than just acting. So, there is no regret.
I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.
Pray for me, I need happiness in life. It was a very tough decision to leave my husband and son and come away to Mumbai and start all over again.
You know, sometimes there's a difference between what is actually the truth and what you perceive to be the truth through your social conditioning.
My marriage was always my first priority. I had left my career to go and settle with Dhrubo in Kolkata. I have never behaved like a celebrity at home.
People always told me that nothing would match my face, my structure other than roles of sophisticated, educated women. I felt it was an insult to me.
Waiting is always a part of people involved in the film industry. Be it on the floor, in the make-up room or at home. All my life I have waited for a good role.
I have seen poverty first hand. My parents were not well-off. They were in Ban'gladesh and I - just a child then - was sent off to live in my uncle's house in Calcutta.
I started a festival of short films produced for television, and as the secretary of the organisation that ran it I used to work very closely with the state government.
Even before I became an artiste, when I barely had the means to support anyone financially, I took care of several destitute women, giving them shelter, food and clothing.
I am aware that there was a general opinion among people that I was close to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, among other Left leaders. Yes, I was close to them because I had to work closely with the state government.
I don't think of the future too much. I am not very practical, I am a very emotional woman. My heart rules my life, not the mind. I don't crave anything apart from buying a really good car. I am not greedy for anything in life.
I had moved to Mumbai in 2006 and lived there for around six years while West Bengal was going through a political upheaval. After I returned to Kolkata in February 2012, and started to work here, I realized how things had changed here.
I never accepted any invitation which came only in my name. I never took any calls before 9am and after 10pm. As soon as my shoot would wrap up, I used to head home without even removing my make-up. I did everything that a girl should to keep her man happy.