And so despite the fact that Siskiyaan was a great role and I was very appreciated for it, the film did not do well at the box office. And I am not going to make excuses. I won't tell myself that it was a non-commercial film, because I feel that anything that has commerce attached to it is a commercial product.
Maybe that just wasn't the right time for me to do that film, maybe a couple of years down the line I would do something even more serious, and maybe it'll make sense then.
I was happy with the way the film turned out. As a viewer, I thought the film was a little dry, but that was what the director wanted. Ashwini Chowdhary is a very sensitive director. I could give myself 100 per cent to him.
There was no inhibitions, no holding back, no argument at any level: which is what made it all the more fun. I'm not playing a Neha Dhupia role, I'm a character called Ayesha Shekh and the fact that this character has lived on with me has just made me a little more brave, as far as facing the camera is concerned.