For me fitness is not about fighting fat or aiming thinness, it is about having the stamina and physical energy to keep up with my professional demands and day to day requirements of life.
Amrita Rao
Most of my roles have had streaks of a real girl from the real world.
A lipstick and eyeliner and a powder compact can keep you looking fresh and attractive all day.
Just because gladiator shoes are in, everybody can't start flaunting those.
I won't say I'm tired of playing the sweet girl next-door who looks at life each day with wide-eyed wonder. But I do crave for a change of image.
Both my mom and dad were quite supportive. They never ever stopped me in realizing my dreams in the film industry.
For me 'Satyagraha' is a big film as I am working with Amitabh Bachchan. It is a big opportunity.
Life surprises you. It happens to the best of actors, we have good and bad phases.
It would not be fair to choose one between them, as I am equally addicted to both the iPad and the Blackberry. In fact, there are times when I am simply hooked to both.
I personally have a silver idol of Lord Ganesh that I reuse every year. Don't measure your devotion with the size of the idol.
In cinema, you have a captive audience, but to grab the attention of a housewife, who is in the middle of her household work and to keep them gripped to you, is a huge challenge.
I never had any Godfather nor superstar boyfriends to piggy ride upon in the film industry.
When I debut on television with 'Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai,' there were a lot of things that I experienced as an actor and felt that one could get into more nuances in terms of characterization. At the end of it, I wept non-stop for 15 minutes to get out of that character. It was that kind of emotional bond.
As the cinema is changing, on-screen kissing, love-making scenes are becoming part of the narrative. I am not saying it is wrong, because it is the reflection of how our society has changed and become comfortable with it. But I am uncomfortable performing it on screen.
I was still in school when I heard about this audition for this fairness cream ad. I got selected and subsequently, did a lot of ads and I got noticed by Ramesh Taurani and Ken Ghosh and 'Ishq Vishk' happened.
Not many know, but the costumes of your character can really help you to get into the skin of the character.
Kareena Kapoor is a rare film star.
In Shyam Benegal's 'Welcome To Sajjanpur,' I'm an illiterate village girl.
All in all Hyderabad is a beautiful city. I think I have fallen in love with it.
According to me, the most stylish person in Bollywood is none other than Sushmita Sen. I have grown up in awe of her since I was in school.
I am happy that a script like 'Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai' is character-driven and has a lot of freshness to it.
'Welcome...' was a challenging role for me. Be it the look or the dialect, every bit of it was new and exciting.
I am ambitious, but don't think that I'm in a race where I have to run to prove myself or outdo anyone.
There was a time when the industry would typecast actors. It still continues to an extent on the celluloid but with the digital medium coming to the fore, the actors are finding equal status with the stars.
I like watching Bengali film DVDs with sub-titles.
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.
I have always been very choosy. I am very particular about banners and filmmakers. Everything has to be top-of-the-line; I have never compromised on that.
Before I go to bed I clean my face with a cleansing milk and cotton pads and then wash my face thoroughly with a foamy face wash. I apply a calamine lotion on my face and a medicated moisturizer on my face and neck. I repeat the same procedure after I wake up in the morning.
It was work as well as play while shooting for 'Ishq Vishq' in South Africa. What made the trip more enjoyable was our energetic and fun-loving director Ken Ghosh, who hung out with the cast a lot.
It feels great to be on the same pedestal as Madhuri Dixit.
I have refused to do plenty of films since there are some scenes that I am not comfortable doing on screen.
Innocence has died in Bollywood.
It is unintentional that I will do less films, it just happened that way. Like in 2000, I had a line of films signed but it all went for a toss. The films never got made... It just happens.
When it comes to viewer's choice, each film counts. Moreover, it's important to enjoy the work that I do. Thus, it is important that I am excited about the films I sign.
I feel satisfied with my journey in the film industry.
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.
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.
I have been trained for three years in Hindustani classical music. I keep humming and many Bollywood co-stars have been victimized by my relentless singing.
I don't believe in the popular dialogue, 'I will kiss if the script demands it' or something like that.
While pursuing my Bachelors with Psychology in Sophia College, I auditioned for an advertisement for Fairever Face Cream. And to my surprise I was selected amongst the top contestant, which paved a way for me to take this profession sincerely.
In 2010 I had signed three big banner films with actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Arjun Rampal. Directors like Ken Ghosh, Bela Bhansali signed me and I had got my signing amounts but those films did not take off at all.
Though I was into modeling and extracurricular activities in my school days at C.G. High School in Mumbai, I never thought of making it big someday in a film-industry.
I have read Geminis are peaceful, who have an eye for finer things. That ways, yes, I'm a true Gemini.
Shopping is great in Hyderabad and is better than in Mumbai.
There is so much corruption on so many levels of democracy that the common man is deprived of the basic rights.
I prefer to be liberal and non-judgmental, which helps me reaching out to the people in a better way.
The Delhi winter is amazing.
I have never been in a race where I would do anything to be here. That's a lethal mindset with which girls enter the film industry.
Once a fan did something really sweet for me. He came all the way from Nasik and literally lived outside my house from morning to night. When the security guard and my driver told me about this, I invited him to Film City and he was so happy.
I have been fortunate that my commercials became famous and the best directors have managed to work on my terms. I didn't have to chase anyone.
