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Have you become wary of your sexy image?

No. I wasn't playing a weeping widow in Rakht. I have not become apologetic about my sexy image just because a new set of girls are more upfront about their body.

But I'm not comfortable with nudity. The image of the bold, unconventional woman stuck to me right from my first film, Ajnabee. Even though I played a housewife in Ajnabee, people called me hot.

I can't do anything vulgar. If I did, I wouldn't be able to look myself in the eye. It's my personality that makes me appear bold. Even in Jism, I did not show that much skin.

I'm comfortable with smooching on screen. And why not? It may still be shocking for our films but we need to get beyond two flowers touching to show intimacy on screen. I believe in exuding sex appeal. Being sexy is a part of being attractive. If your personality is sexy, you don't need to take your clothes off to prove a point. If I took off my clothes like some of today's girls are doing, I wouldn't know where to look!

You wouldn't believe how much turmoil I went through before baring my mid-riff in my film, No Entry. I'm comfortable wearing what I wear in real life on screen. That's why showing off my legs isn't a problem. I know they are in a good shape.

But I had put on so much weight last year that I was hesitant about showing my mid-riff in the film. I play a dancer. I couldn't be dancing in bar in a sari. So I worked-out rigorously. But I will not show off my midriff in every film just because it's in terrific shape now.

Our cinema is confused about sexiness. They call me the original sex symbol. But women like Zeenat Aman and Sharmila Tagore were sexy long before me. And they never did anything vulgar. Neither would I.

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