When Someone Asks Me About My Diet

I Used To Get Upset With The Word Bollywood, And What It Means In The West. The Stereotype Of Us Being Dancing, Singing, Puppet Showgirls. Indians Are Nearly One Fifth Of The World's Population; We Have One Of The Most Prolific Film Industries In The World. When People Used To Ask Me About It, Or Replicate What They Think Is Bollywood Dancing, Thinking That They're Being Funny, I Used To Get Offended. But Now I Show Them The Stuff We Do.

I Don't Come From A Film Background. I Haven't Learned Anything About Films Or Film-making. But I Have A Thirst To Know Everything About My Profession. I Want To Learn About Cinematography, About Editing, About Music Recordings, About Post-production. So When People In The Know Talk, I Willingly Listen.

I Owe 90 Per Cent Of My Life To People Because I Am A Public Figure, But 10 Per Cent Is Private To Me. And I Am Not Saying It In A Defensive Way. I Feel My Life Has Been Made Into A Tv Serial.

I Was Very Sure I Did Not Want To Be The Stereotype Of What Indian People Are Seen As, Which Is Bollywood, And Henna. That’s All Great! It’s What We Are, And I Love It. I Love Saris; I Love Music; I Love Henna; I Love Dancing, But That’s Not All We Are.

I Think It's Great To Be Flawed. I Am Hugely Flawed, And I Like It This Way. That's The Fun Of Life. You Fall, Get Up, Make Mistakes, Learn From Them, Be Human And Be You.