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You've done so much, and I've been
thinking, where should I start this

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conversation from? But let's start with
your first, love if I may, movies.

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You've done some big banner films, and
you've done some films with very

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meaningful and serious roles for women.

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Would you like to do more of that? Do
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represent women and to represent she
-shakti in our films?

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I feel like things are...

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You know, from the time I started, I
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for good.

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So yeah, a lot more really, really meaty
roles have been written for women now.

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A lot many films led by women are being
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A lot many, as you said, meaningful
films and roles and content has been

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written. So I'm glad I've had the
opportunity to do some of them.

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I always feel as an actor, you can't
just be one thing.

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You know, you have to sort of entertain
all kinds of audiences. You have to do

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all kinds of genres.

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You have to have fun with the acting
part of it and do all kinds of roles.

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And I've never been someone who wanted
to just be put in a box.

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I don't want to be like, oh, if it's her
film, then it must be this kind of a

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film. I want to surprise the audiences.
I want to surprise myself every time I

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choose something.

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Also, I kind of can get bored very
easily. So I want to every time do

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different.

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So yeah, I think it's always going to be
a mixed bag of the films.

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But with that, I also know the value
that I get on the table as an actor. And

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know that I'm also very hungry. So even
if it's a big banner film, I want to

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still make a mark.

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So I need that from the character.

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I don't think it's possible to put you
in a box. You've experimented and how.

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The other topic, and you were talking
about the gender pay gap, and it's

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everywhere, including in the film
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As someone who is in the top rung now,
how do you deal with that? How do you

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to address that?

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Actually, you know, considering all the
other industries, I don't understand why

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the pay parity is there.

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Because for a certain kind of role,
certain kind of job, whether you're a

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or a female, it shouldn't matter. And,
you know, the pay should be same.

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In the films, yes, we've been having
this conversation for a very, very long

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time. And trust me, it pinches us more
than anyone else.

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The huge gap in the payment of a male
and a female actor.

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But I feel like it's a circle because I
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The fee of any actor is sort of related
to how many audiences can you pull into

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the theatre on your name on day one.

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Unfortunately, there are very few films
that are, much fewer films, I would say,

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that are led by women than men.

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Even if it's a film led by a woman, I
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budget as...

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you know, a film that is led by a man
would be.

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But that's also because the producers
are scared that it's not going to get as

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much money back.

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So I think it's a circle where, you
know, the female lead films don't end up

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making as much money as the male lead
films.

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And then it is like, oh, you know,
that's why his fee is more and her fee

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less. So I feel like it's changing
slowly.

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I like the fact that

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Films working is no longer dependent on
male or female. It's dependent on

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content.

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When a film led by three women crew
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it gave me hope.

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It felt like, okay, you know, when it's
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necessarily have to be a serious
subject. You can also have fun. You can

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entertain people. You can also, you
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budget. And I feel that things will
change only when some people,

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the producers obviously, have the heart
to take the

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risk. Take risk on the subject, not
who's leading it.

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So I feel like when there are more
producers who put in that much money on

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female -led film, be confident of the
content, you know, and it will get the

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money back and things will change then.

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So it's a slow process, but yeah, it's
possible.

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I think this is a message for filmmakers
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Make big bets on women and the audience.

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Absolutely, yes.

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Speaking of bets, you've made many
yourself. You started off with

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then you became an actor, now you're an
entrepreneur. What is it that keeps you

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going? Is it just a risk -taking
appetite or is it because, like you

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get bored and you want to do something
else?

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Yeah, I feel like I want to do something
different, something new, you know,

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keep my...

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sort of that inner child alive who wants
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I didn't know how to act. I didn't know
if I could act.

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It's something that I've learned on the
job. I discovered a passion for it and I

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kind of played on it and I, you know,
tried to get better with every film.

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Same goes for, you know, being an
entrepreneur.

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It started with just being passionate
about skincare, not really realizing

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I could start a brand. It was just, I
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was ordering products left, right,
center, and I was hoarding products at

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That too in COVID.

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And I, being an engineer, I kind of go
so into something when I really, really,

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you know, like it. So I was like reading
ingredients, getting to the science

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behind it.

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And then I was also simultaneously
finding myself ordering from abroad, you

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know, and I was like, why?

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Like, I feel like there's a gap in the
market where why am I supposed to have

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like one niacinamide serum and then one
vitamin C and then one this and one

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hyaluronic acid? Why can't things that
help you in one problem be put in one

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bottle, you know?

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Why can't my SPF also hydrate me? Why do
I need a moisturizer?

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So I like... I want to keep life
simpler. I like, people want to do like

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fast. So this I felt like was a gap
where quality and also affordability,

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know, especially in India, Indian skin
being so different.

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And I felt like I wanted to create
something that I could also use and that

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girl living in Patparganj in Delhi could
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But how do you see women leading
businesses, especially in the beauty

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And there are a lot of very promising
brands and entrepreneurs who are being

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talked about.

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You are, of course, one of them. And
your brand is doing very well. It's

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about 400 crore rupees in just two
years. So that's fantastic.

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But this is an interesting space to be
in.

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Absolutely. And I feel like women have
this problem -solving attitude.

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You know, we see a problem, we find a
solution to it. We never look at a

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as just a problem. The moment we see any
problem, we're like, how can we solve

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it? You know, we have this attitude, we
have this ability.

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And I feel like that is so important in
being an entrepreneur.

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I feel like you've got to be able to
find solutions to any roadblock, to any

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problem that comes in. And you always
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keep going.

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And yeah, I'm really, really happy that
so many women are actually doing so well

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in this field and many more. Women can
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you need to be an entrepreneur because
you have to solve something. And they

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should be able to take criticism, you
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in anything.

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Like I feel...

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In our brand also, when we launched, of
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time. You have to know that you're
human.

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And it's okay. And I love it when
someone gives me feedback that I didn't

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this. I really, really like it. Because
that's the only way to make your product

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better. And I feel like, you know, we
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three products.

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And, of course, we were also a little
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There was a serum that we kind of, you
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put some ingredients in, but we didn't
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scared how would it react to people's
skin.

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And we got so much of feedback after
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And we have actually taken all the
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back with a reformulated product instead
of saying that we made it good, you

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didn't understand.

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So I think that's not the attitude.

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I think it is, you have to be good
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also feel.

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You have to be good listeners, you have
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it and get back better.

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So yeah, probably that's the reason why
women are doing well.

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On the listener part, did you notice the
radio silence?

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Yeah, good listeners, you know. There's
no like chitter -chatter happening, you

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know what I mean?

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Yeah, right.

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No, so you sound like you're pretty
hands -on as an entrepreneur. And of

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you're doing very well as an actor. And
you must have a very good ability to

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manage time to be able to do both these
things fabulously.

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Is that something that you're good at?
Okay, as much as time management is not

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my strongest point, I would say.

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But I've realized that when you're
really passionate about something, that

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comes.

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You know, when otherwise I would be
really, really bad at time management,

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always 15 minutes late.

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It is like punctually late by 15
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But when it comes to things that I'm
really passionate about, I'm there. You

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know, and I know that. So I feel when it
comes to hyphen and, you know, my

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acting work, I don't even get to know
how I divide the time. It just happens.

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When I finish my day of shoot, I come
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messages at like between 11 and 1 at
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So suddenly their phones are like
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actor's job and now I'm there.

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I go back home, I see samples of the
products that, you know, we want to

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I'm trying that out with my night
skincare routine.

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I give my feedback. If I'm traveling
somewhere, I find a way for the products

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reach me somehow.

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Even on a holiday, I have done Zoom
calls, product calls, marketing calls.

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think you find a way when you're really
passionate about something and you know

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it's important because it's important to
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You've also invested in property. You've
recently invested in one of the most

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expensive penthouses in Bandra.

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Kudos to you for doing that.

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But what does real estate mean to you as
a woman? Is it just about security?

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Is it about independence?

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Or is it just a lifestyle choice?

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Firstly, the news travels so fast. It's
not even been a week.

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Like, seriously. You're in the business
of dash, dash, dash. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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It really travels fast with like all
numbers out and all. I'm like, what's

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on? I just signed it.

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But yeah, real estate, I feel, you know,
it's such a debate. Like people keep

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telling me, in this day and age,
investing in a property is not cool.

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it doesn't, the math doesn't, you know,
it doesn't calculate well.

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Staying on rent is better. You should
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And honestly, I've been staying on rent
since, even though I have.

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a property.

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But when my parents moved to Mumbai with
me, I kind of realized I needed a

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bigger space. And then I started staying
on rent because I was like, yeah, it

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makes more sense.

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But sometimes I feel like stability is
very important.

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You know, you need to, like, I don't
like, I like a home being home. I don't

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like changing my home again and again.

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Especially with parents, I feel that
stability is very important.

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And for me, buying a house, I actually
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book, you know, a notebook where I write
like what I really want to do, what I

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want to achieve. It could be different
things. It could also be traveling to a

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particular place or whatever.

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And I have written there that I want to,
actually I have written I want to own a

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bungalow with a garden where my mom and
dad can have chai. Because my mom very

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long back told me I want to have chai in
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Now, in Mumbai, honestly, bungalow is
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It's, like, very, very difficult.

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So, yeah, for now, this is a version of
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At least it has a garden. That was one
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a little bit of a garden, at least for
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So, yeah, it's my dream, which I've pick
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happy that it's finally happened.

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I think that's fantastic.

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I think...

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Financial independence and stability is
what women should aim for. And having a

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house has a whole different kick. Yeah.

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Whole different feeling to it. And, you
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feel like home.

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The other thing I want you to talk
about, Chrissy, because you're such a

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model, is fitness.

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And in our society in particular, but
women in general tend to...

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not focus on themselves, their time,
their physical health, their mental

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You focus on fitness a lot for your
roles and otherwise. So what would you

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to tell them? Why is this so important?

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Firstly, I completely agree with you. I
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themselves. I feel they put themselves
last.

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It's everyone else first and then them.

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And this attitude genuinely needs to
change because unless and until you're

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happy, you're healthy, you're in your
best shape, you cannot help or make

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else's life better.

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So it's very important and as you age,
it's just equally important to start

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really giving yourself time, whether
it's your body or your mind, whether

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whatever works for you, any form of
workout.

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It could be just a walk. It could be
yoga. It could be meditation.

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That's definitely not a workout. That's
mental health.

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So it's very, very important. I keep
telling my mom also, it's very hard to

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her sometimes.

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You know, and your body is your
instrument. If tomorrow some part stops

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it's going to completely change your
life.

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So you have to make sure that you keep
all the parts moving.

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They need to be moving.

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I keep pushing my mom and sometimes I
become a monitor and the...

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monitor of the house where I'm like,
send me 10 ,000 steps today.

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You know, like, and she, there was a
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she's stopped.

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So, yeah, I'm still trying to motivate
her and push her to do any form of, like

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walking. I think we've all stopped
walking in general.

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You mentioned feedback and in this day
and age with social media, with so much

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communication and comments and with your
very, very public

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How do you deal with what happens on
social media and the kind of barrage of

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comments that I'm sure you get, the kind
of feedback that you get, good, bad,

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ugly, all of it? Does it bother you?
Does it affect you personally? Or do you

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say that this comes with a role and,
yeah, well, haters will be haters. Let's

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move on.

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Yeah, I think the last bit.

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I don't actually, I don't pay heed at
all to comments and what people are

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because I feel like I feel like
someone's taking their own life on

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you know, so I don't really take it
seriously.

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I feel that if I don't know you, am I
really going to respond to what you say

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you say something nasty to me? No.

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So no, I don't. I feel social media, I
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which is I like connecting with my fans.
I like connecting with people beyond

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just them.

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So it's nice to just have a constant
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you know, the social media platform.

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But other than that, I feel like no
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social media, you know. But, you know,
is there pressure to be always perfect?

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Because these days, film stars are
clicked everywhere, going into a gym,

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out of a gym, going to a salon, going
into an airport. Like, you know, when it

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all started, I think, yeah, everyone was
like, oh, no, no, no, I'm going to, if

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paps are there, I need to be looking
perfect. But I think beyond the point,

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we're used to it.

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So now it doesn't really matter much.
Now it's okay. Like you move around like

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you move around. I think it's very
difficult to fake it for very long. And

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life, you can't. Like we're already
doing so much on screen.

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You're being a completely different
person. So if in life also you're a

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different person, it's just, it's too
much work.

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Nobody's paying you for that.

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So I think I like, actually I really,
really like keeping my social media

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I don't ever...

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So many times, you know, we have our
digital team and they'll be like, oh, ma

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'am, this song is trending.

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And I'm like, but I don't like it.

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So you have to be very you, I think.

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Otherwise, everyone's going to end up
being the same on social media. People

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losing identities, you know, I feel.

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And that's so important to just be you.

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I feel I use social media like a tool.
For me, it's not a destination at all.

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I feel people, I want people to remember
me for my work.

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You know, so that is my main focus. Of
course, social media is an added tool

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where I can connect with them. But no
one's going to remember what I post, you

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know, after like two years. So, yeah. I
think that's a very healthy approach and

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good advice for everyone who is on
social media.

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What advice do you have for young women,
especially those who want to break

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barriers, who want to make a career in
films or otherwise? And you've done

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remarkably well for somebody who was an
outsider in an industry which is

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infamous for being tough.

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on outsiders.

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You've really shattered feelings and
how.

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So what do you want to tell them?

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I just feel like it all starts with your
why.

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Why do you want to do what you want to
do? You want to be an actor? Why do you

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want to be an actor? So you need to know
your why.

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You need to really be passionate about
it and there is no shortcut.

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Nothing comes easy. There are no free
lunches.

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You have to work hard towards it.

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And what is also very, very important is
not to give up because there will be,

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especially when you don't come from a
film background, no one's giving you

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anything on a platter.

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There will be so many people, you know,
telling you why it's too big a dream,

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why it can't happen, why, you know,
contact is needed, connections are

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or what is wrong with you, you know,
you're too short, you're too tall,

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too thin, you're not, you know, in the
right shape, whatever.

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I feel people are going to tell you
what's wrong with you. No one's really

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to tell you that you can do it other
than you.

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So I feel you really need to be very,
very driven, passionate

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and patient.

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Because it will come when the time is
right. But you have to keep working on

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yourself. I think that's what's the most
important thing. The years that you get

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before you crack that film.

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And don't feel like, oh, my God, it's
taking so long. Just have a different

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approach. Maybe it's taking so long
because you need that time to work on

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get better.

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So it will happen when the time is
right. I promise you that. But you have

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at it.

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Sounds so simple but so hard to follow.
I know we are pressed for time.

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Quick rapid fire.

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Okay. I'll try and be as rapid as I can.
Yes. One thing you can't live without.

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My family.

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I can't live without it. First big
purchase you made with your own money?

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First big purchase, I think first big
one was a car that I bought, which was

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a second -handed car at that point.

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Yeah, it was a second -hand car. It was
a second -hand car in Mumbai when I was

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staying alone and I had, my father also
moved back to Delhi, so I needed to

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like drive myself and I...

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Yes, that was the most expensive initial
purchase.

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Real estate or startups, what excites
you more today?

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Startups.

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One misconception people have about
Kriti Sanan, that she doesn't eat

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She is always on a diet.

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You know, I think a lot of people, when
they see me, they are like, please, you

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don't eat anything.

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No, I am a full Punjabi. I love food.

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I live to eat. I don't eat to live. So,
that's the difference. So, yeah.

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I don't know how you manage that, but
yeah.

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She shook her head like she doesn't
believe me at all.

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But yeah.

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I mean, touch wood, I'm blessed with
good metabolism, which I know is going

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go off with age.

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But till I can enjoy it, I will. You
should. Thank you so much.

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Thank you so much for being so candid,
so forthright, and for inspiring so many

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people, Priti. Thank you so much. Thank
you.

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