Let's be honest, dear! she came, she wooed and you melted! Her smile has been her success-o-meter for this model turned star. We stopped whatever we were doing & ran to our TV sets; whenever the Liril jingle came up; to see a "clean'n'chubby girl"dancing in the gashing waters with a 'Liril' soap and even ...

"I’ve always been a people’s person. Perhaps that’s why before gravitating towards films, I graduated in psychology. Now I interact daily with so many individuals of different temperaments. It’s fascinating to watch their strengths and weaknesses. Actually, I flipped a coin to decide whether I should ever think about acting. I had toodled along with some friends to the Taj Mahal Hotel for the audition of Shekhar Kapur’s Tara Rum Pum Pum. Shekhar asked me to react to the camera. Boy! was I intimidated, I didn’t know what had hit me. I mumbled incoherently. But somehow I was okay as soon as the camera was switched on. I was in a world of my own. God knows when Shekhar Kapur will make Tara Rum Pum Pum.

Now I believe, he’s on to his next film on Nelson Mandela. But I live on hope. So far, the highs have been Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se, Kundan Shah’s Kya Yehi Pyar Hai, Abbas-Mustaan’s Soldier, Raj Kanwar’s Farz and an untitled Telugu film with Venkatesh. The lows have been the unnecessary controversies and link-ups. I mean one paper wrote that I was having an affair with Ajay Jadeja, if you please. Then I was linked with Chandrachur Singh. It’s crazy. I know Ajay and Rocky ever since I can remember. They are like my buddies.
Recently someone asked me if I’m seeing the trainer of the Indian cricket team. I mean, Andy’s a friend. He’ll probably die of embarrassment if he ever finds out that he’s been linked with me.
Okay, I admit I talk too much. I talk out of turn. I let my tongue run away with my mouth. So most people tend to misunderstand me. Bobby Deol, who’s like family, pulls me up whenever he sees me shooting my mouth off.
Quite a few magazinewallahs ask me if I’m wild. What does that mean? Why can’t they just let me be? If I’m having a cool time at a movie hall or a pub, dancing to music or watching soccer, what’s their problem?
I have loads of energy, I have a positive attitude. I will not change my life just because women in the industry are expected to behave in a certain manner. My weakness is that I’m a scatterbrain. Also I hate waking up early in the morning. And I think my worst trait is my temper. When I’m angry, instead of words I use my fists.I was offered this big film with this actor who has a reputation of being obnoxious. I immediately conveyed my apprehensions to the director. I will not pander to anyone’s ego. I’m here to act, not suck up to heroes. No one messes with me. Maybe my overbearing attitude intimidates men. Perhaps that’s why I don’t have a boyfriend yet. Relationships are too complicated, man. They’re too demanding.To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected.Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I’ve seen actors acting off the sets too.You know what’s the worst part about being an actress? It’s the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I’m not perfect, nobody is.