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“Anything soulfully created - may it be music or acting - straightaway touches the heart.”
“'Welcome...' was a challenging role for me. Be it the look or the dialect, every bit of it was new and exciting.”
“I never had any Godfather nor superstar boyfriends to piggy ride upon in the film industry.”
“There is so much corruption on so many levels of democracy that the common man is deprived of the basic rights.”
“Sharing screen space with Mr. Bachchan was a dream come true.”
“In Shyam Benegal's 'Welcome To Sajjanpur,' I'm an illiterate village girl.”
“I don't think I'd have been able to be what I am if it wasn't for my mother. I started in the industry very young. I needed my mom to look into every aspect of my career.”
“I do not see myself exposing and revealing. If there is a requirement for an item song or a special appearance song I might do it... if it is in the capacity of the film, if it is comfortable and suits me.”
“For one thing, vegetarians are, on average, fitter and trimmer than meat-eaters are, so the best thing that young people who want to look their best can do is to keep meat off their plates.”
“While we are originally from Mangalore, my grandfather had migrated to Burma from where he returned to join the Indian National Army and settled in Mumbai, where I was born and brought up.”
“I hope I'm able to carry off all kinds of looks.”
“All in all Hyderabad is a beautiful city. I think I have fallen in love with it.”
“If 'Satyagrah' was supposed to be my last film I would look back and say it was a happy portfolio. But there is a feeling that I wish I could have done something better.”
“Cinema is a slice of reality. You have school and college kids being intimate and marriage is not even in question and that is what they show in cinema.”
“And yes, I am fond of beauty, be it clothes, jewelry or just life. It has to be the best.”
“'Satyagraha' brought the actress out in me and I am proud to be a part of this film.”
“Hyderabad is a hot city, with hot food and hot people!”
“Daily soaps are unpredictable, and one can't predict when the track changes.”
“Just because gladiator shoes are in, everybody can't start flaunting those.”
“I have refused to do plenty of films since there are some scenes that I am not comfortable doing on screen.”