The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.

Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years.

When I did these psychological characters like the drug addicts, the ones who were rejected and dejected, I started to feel a sort of melancholia which was very unnatural for me to have at a teenage. Then I avoided those characters.

I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.

Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.

I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.