You have lost oodles of weight recently. Is it for any film?
I was anyway planning to lose weight for a long time. For Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011) I had to be a little chubby and then I started losing weight for Ishaqzaade (2012). I wanted to look a little better, so I decided to tone down my body. But it’s not for Hasi Toh Phasi (with Sidharth Malhotra). There are rumours that I have lost so and so kilos, I just want to lose as much weight as possible and look as good as I can in my next film.
What is more important – looking good or good acting?
I think an actress should be a combination of both. I know there are certain actresses who are very comfortable with their size and only want to concentrate on acting. But I would like to do both.
Will you wear a bikini on screen?
I will surely wear a bikini on screen one day when I will have the body for it.
Do you believe wearing black makes one look thin?
(Laughs) If you ask me, I will say I don’t have a problem in wearing any colour except brown.
Did you always want to be an actress?
I never wanted to be an actor and used to believe that actors were useless. I would have been a banker. Now I believe that actors are the best.
What is your dream role?
None. Any good script is good for me. But I can watch DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, 1995) over and over again.
What kind of a person are you?
I am very impatient. I want things to happen in two minutes.
How do you react when people come up to you with pick-up lines?
It’s stupid. Once someone came up to me and asked: “Did it hurt?” I said: “What?” He said: “When you dropped down from heaven?” I felt like giving him a tight slap.
Are you a make-up person?
No. I just use a lip balm. I don’t use make-up off camera. I am very lazy that way … I don’t want to waste time applying and removing make-up. I just want to go to sleep when I return home at night. Every day my mother (Reena Chopra) will coax me to use this beauty tip and that, but I never listen to her.
Many of your contemporaries and immediate seniors are on Botox for that ultra-glam look. Will you too try that in future?
No, never. I am too scared of the process. I would have done a lot of things by now (hinting at cosmetic surgery) if I were not scared. But I am always scared of these things.
What is your favourite holiday destination?
I love holidaying in London.
What do you read in leisure?
Any Dan Brown or Sidney Sheldon book will do for me.
What are the must-haves in you bag?
I always have perfume, deodorant, face clean up and phone charger in my bag. But my biggest issue is to remember to carry that bag. (TWF)
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