1. What was your dream career in your childhood days? Tell us more about your growing up days.
I was born and brought up in Mumbai, it's my hometown. I've always been a Mumbai girl. I studied in a girl's school till the sixth standard after which I shifted to Jamnabai Narsee School, which is in Juhu because we shifted our houses. I was a brilliant student and I had no intention of getting into the movies. I wanted to study abroad but, life had different things installed for me.
I'm the eldest of three sisters and we've always been brought up in a very conservative background. We are from the Royal family, so when we used to go to our hometown, we were treated very differently, unlike the cosmopolitan Mumbai type of lifestyle. The lifestyle was very different out there compared to a metropolitan city.
2. How did you venture into movies when and how did the journey towards being an actor happen?
I had finished my 10th-grade exams and we were enjoying our summer vacation. My neighbour happened to be Amol Palekar who is an actor and director. And he was starting with a serial called "Kachchi Dhoop" which is based on little women. The girl that he had selected to work in that serial "eloped" with her boyfriend, just one night before the shoot. So he came at night and asked me whether I could replace the girl and start shooting with him the next day.
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