Bhumika Chawla
Real is always appreciated in the long run.
A positive mental attitude and balancing our personal and professional lives matter.
Spending time with yourself and pampering yourself with what makes you happy is essential. Prioritising and time management are important too.
Life's beautiful.
Since my dad was in the Army, I am used to serving the guests myself.
Cooking makes me happy.
I haven't really bid adieu to Bollywood.
My role in 'Idhe Maa Katha' is very different from what I have done before. It's about a middle class married lady following her dreams. As a young girl she had a few things in mind that she wanted to do, but life took a different course. In a much later stage in her life, she decides to follow her heart.
I hope to inspire at least a few women to follow their dreams no matter what age they are.
I learnt how to ride a bike in school.
It's wonderful to work with Sumanth Ashwin.
I don't condemn skin show, but it has to be aesthetic.
It's very important for a couple to maintain healthy boundaries and respect each other. It saves a lot of emotional friction.
Even if I understand business I choose to not involve myself in it.
If my reel life character resembles me in real life, I can portray it comfortably. To me it's not acting, it's just about being you. That was the case with Khushi and Missamma. But to play a character that's unlike you is a different ball game.
In 'Anasuya,' I play a journalist. When in school I wanted to be one. So this character is very close to my heart and essaying it came naturally to me.
I began my career in Bollywood with 'Tere Naam' - it was a big project, as the film was directed by Satishji and I was paired opposite Salman Khan.
I remember shooting for a scene that required me to deliver a dialogue in a temple, but I kept forgetting the lines. Everybody was getting stressed as it was getting dark, and we had to complete the scene. Satishji tried to help me by giving me cues and prompting me.
For me, fashion is wearing something you feel comfortable in. It has to suit you as well.
After a point, you will get bored with whatever style you choose, and the best way to feel good about yourself is to change the way you dress.
I think the more you practice any craft that you take up in life, the better you get at it.
I will enjoy my past, I will enjoy the journey that I've had. But when I'm working, I will only concentrate on that day, on that shot between the camera and I, that's all.
When I started my career in the early 2000s you didn't have to be seen everywhere, every time.
I've worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Hindi and Bhojpuri films. I have enjoyed my journey.
Satishji was such a wonderful and jovial person. He always had a smile on his face and exuded such positive energy.
I am a sardarni who has a fascination for the South.
It was such a joy to work with Mohanlal and director Blessy.
I am fond of anything creative and I love adventure.
Tere Naam' was my debut Bollywood film and I had a very good experience. I remember we were shooting at the Birla temple, the daylight was fading out and I was taking a little extra time to do the shot. Salman was very supportive and he told everyone to let me do it the way I want to and to not put any pressure on me.
I strongly feel if you keep repeating the same kind of character, the audience also gets bored. And if you don't try new characters, then you don't grow as an actor too, so I try to do different characters, even if it means just a little bit different.
By God's grace the industry has always been very supportive of me.
My poems don't have any particular theme.
I write about whatever inspires me, people, incidents anything.
The media and Bollywood can't live without each other, and, of course, with the rising number of channels and publications, they have to write something controversial to sell.
Bharat and me are opposites but we agree to disagree on our beliefs and give each other the space we deserve. It works beautifully for us; and yes, opposites do work.
If a project excites me, I will do it.
Even after my son was born, I had worked in southern projects.
I don't mind playing roles my age.
I'll take each role as it comes.
Sai Pallavi is a livewire.
I have always been a quieter person who enjoys being in my own space and focusing on my work.
You can delegate your duties and hire people to help you. But time well spent with children or doing things can't be done with other people. You have to give them time in the initial years.
If you know how to find balance between your work and your family, it is fine. And work should never stop. Because one fine day, kids will grow up and you will be left high and dry, wondering 'I don't know what to do anymore.'
I take up a film only if it is worth my time.
I want characters that give me scope to perform and make some impact.
Not every story or character needs to have the potential to change society; sometimes I can do a film for fun, but there has to be something in it for me.
I don't want to be standing next to the hero doing nothing.
I've worked with directors I've believed in.