Playing Rajjo in her Bollywood debut Bhool Nandi faced the camera. She has been working in ads since she was just a toddler. "I've always felt comfortable facing the camera. Acting is my biggest passion. It made me leave my home in Canada and move to India," she reveals.
At the age of four she told her parents she wanted to become an air hostess, then changed it to a paediatrician, then a biologist and finally, took up psychology to become a psychologist.
Today, after creating a name for herself in Gujarati cinema, she is all set to make a mark in Bollywood, and more than her pretty face, she is banking on her acting prowess.
Tell us three things no one knows about you.
1. I love street food, especially sev puri and pav bhaji.
2. I learned classical music from my father.
3. I can't watch horror movies in theatres.
Favourite inspiring quote from a movie?
"Just keep swimming" from (Finding Nemo).
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