I think I'm a humanist. I believe all humans should have equal rights to live, express, flourish, love and dissent, irrespective of their gender, caste, class, socio-economic strata, disabilities, political stance, religion or faith.
Axone', of course, was on racism, but it was also a kind of representation that hadn't happened ever before of the Northeast and the people from there. It was a nicely-written script; it was funny.
I believe in eating everything and love my rice and sweets. And eating it without guilt and worry... I feel that's the best way to digest food. I don't ever do a rigorous dieting normally.
My father, a musician who worked with All India Radio, is no more. My mother had a government job at BSNL and was always opposed to my career in acting. She had seen the life my father had lived and did not like it.
I can never do something that I am not 100 per cent convinced about.
I've always been interested in why do people behave in certain ways which are crazy from a normal point of view.
A country can develop only when you ensure these basic rights, let them voice their opinion and give them basic education, hygiene, medication, portable water and when you empower that is true development.
I heard Hindi film songs only on Chitrahaar, when my next door neighbour would increase the volume of her TV.
My uncle has a VHS collection of over 20,000 films.
I did not work for a year after 'Margarita With a Straw'.
North-east films are still not on a national level. But 'Axone' is a mainstream film. I found the script very authentic and also very funny.
I've seen and always been extremely aware of racism... casual racism, serious racism... all of that.
Growing up, I would go to Darjeeling and Kurseong a lot and most of the locals would only talk to me in Nepali!
I know how a Manipuri is different from a Mizo or someone from Shillong. It's culturally very different... the food is also very different, and so is the language and dialect.
We are all driven by our personal realities. Otherwise you are a saint or someone who has dedicated their lives to activism.
There are very very few narratives in mainstream that are actually about the woman.
I'm very good at solving mysteries.
I'd like to see a day when we're less obsessed with stars and give due credit to everyone who is involved in the process of filmmaking and a change in the obsession with fair skin.
My work or art form should represent the kind of world view I believe in.
Probably I look different in different get-ups, so I can pass off as an urban and rural character, hopefully with the same kind of conviction.
