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“Well, Dilip saab was a family friend; he knew my parents. So we were always invited when there was a function at his place - and vice versa.”
“I am not being a martyr when I say that I don't regret putting my career on the backburner.”
“I don't miss having a child because Saab is like a child at heart.”
“We don't want any starry trappings that would make us obsessed with ourself and our image.”
“No marriage can be flawless and perfect.”
“I did my first film Junglee and it became a hit. That film was the first one to bring the real colour on the big screen, which was Eastmancolor.”
“My grandmother Shahmshad Begum was an accomplished classical singer. And I'd often urge her to teach me. She would demand that I sit and practice singing with her, which I never did. But I finally did sing in Mohan Kumar Saab's 'Aman.'”
“I am at my best within my family fold. Outside, I am withdrawn, aloof and reserved.”
“Producer Ram Mukherjee was making 'Hum Hindustani' and he wanted to cast me opposite Sunil Dutt. But it was decided that I would look diminutive before him and the character too was such that she portrays herself to be opposite of what she is.”