It is critical for us to cultivate consciousness and compassion towards our environment, create awareness, galvanize people, and build sustainable innovations for sustainable development.
I think good work, sincerity and discipline speak for themselves.
I believe in the power of one and that we are all bound by the thread of oneness and humanity.
I think every opportunity, every disappointment, every rejection, every accolade... everything has contributed in shaping my character and my choices and who I have become.
Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.
I have discovered the virtue of patience and I don't quite believe that taking a break for good reason can be a risk.
I cannot write a novel because I cannot work in continuity. My works are more abstract, may be, I will try short story writing.
I have never stored water in plastic bottles, always in glass, steel or copper bottles and containers. I even carry my own water to work, and refill bottles for drinking.
What gives you strength at any circumstance is your understanding of yourself.
I only want to be part of movies that I believe in and I have no regrets.
I have enough make-up to last me five lifetimes.
I am in Deepak Ramsay's 'Koi Mere Dil Mein Hain,' where I am a modern girl who wears bold outfits. She makes heads turn wherever she goes. She is not a brat. She nurses this false belief that she can get any man she wants.
People worship and revere Ganga as a mother, and then throw away flowers in a plastic bag into the same river.
The one thing I have discovered is that we all have challenges; the challenges vary, but our response to the challenges makes us people we are.
I always wanted to play a bigger part in the process of cinema, so production felt like a very natural progression and calling.
I started cooking when I was growing up in Hyderabad, and I was already pretty decent when I was around seven years old.
I happened to be spotted by a modeling agent who offered me a part-time job at 16. Everything happened very quickly after that - advertising campaigns, fashion shows, editorial shoots.
I was born and brought up in Hyderabad.
Fortunately, I have never been a victim of sexual harassment. But there have been instances where I have lost out on work or people have shown disinterest in working with me because I was unwilling to succumb to this unspoken understanding of patriarchy.
For any female actor, the age between 35 to 45 is treacherous. Filmmakers tell me, I am at that awkward age. No parts are written for women in this age bracket, while men at that age flourish and have great careers.
