I watched Rangeela when I was six years old, and fell in love with it. I have been dancing to Rangeela's songs ever since. I have a lot of respect for Ramu (Ram Gopal Varma) I am very grateful to him. Working with him was an enlightening experience. He is not at all strict. He is so chilled out!

I have been acting since I was five years old. I have done commercials for UNICEF.

I wanted to be a professional actress ever since I was 13 years old. I wanted to give up my studies. My mom wanted me to do my masters and get into a nine-to-five job. We used to argue over this. I finally convinced her when I was 16.

Now I feel she was right all the time.

I don't think acting is easy -- especially if you are playing a role completely different from what you are in real life. It is also difficult to get out of a character.

I got my first assignment in India when I was in school and had come here for holidays. Mahesh Bhatt knows my mother so he had come over to our house. He saw my photographs and he cast me in his movie Tumsa Nahin Dekha -- which later Dia Mirza did. I shot for two weeks. I remember one swimsuit scene that I shot for. I was totally upset that people were staring at me.

Now, when I think back on why the project didn't work out, I feel I was not mature enough. I was just 16. And the role he gave me was quite serious.

I think it is harder for women in every profession. If you are attractive and you work in a hospital, even there people would try to take advantage of you. Men have tried to hit on me even when I was much younger. You should just know how to handle it.

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