Actress

People who know me know that I am very clumsy, always fumbling, and I talk rubbish most of the times.

I like a slower pace of life.

Though acting offers would keep coming and going, and I would pick up only the ones that I find good, my hands are literally full with candles... I can't think beyond them.

I don't want to push myself and am happy doing one to two films a year.

I became a wife at 15 and was a mother of two at 18.

Everyone has problems.

I have done enough, and I am not dissatisfied with the body of work that I have done.

I was never a 'Mills and Boon' kind of a person.

I really swung between the extremes. From the danger of being ostracised by the society, I almost overnight found myself as virtually the darling of the millions.

I don't like questions that delve into my personal life.

Being a creative person, I'm naturally drawn towards art of any kind. But I'm more attracted to paintings because they radiate an aura of their own.

I have realised that it has become essential to promote your film. God forbid, if a film doesn't run, I shouldn't be blamed for that.

I find it very boring to keep on talking about myself! Which is why I find giving interviews also very boring.

We used to take two years to complete a film, and sometimes, we used to be told on the sets that the scenes are still being written. Everything today is pre-planned.

I read a book on candles and got curious. I followed it up by taking a course with famous London-based candle maker David Constable. And now these have become the passion of my life.

I simply love Malayalam films because they do great cinema, and there is a whole lot of effort that goes into it.

The biggest high for me was to marry Rajesh Khanna. That was a high, and I don't think my success was as much of a high as getting married to this superstar. I used to be a big fan of his; it was dream come true.

I speak Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and English.

To me, Valentine's Day is not merely limited to a lover but speaks of universal love.

Every life is special.