- Date of birth: March 13
- Sunsign: Pisces
- Place of birth: Pilani, Rajasthan
- School/College: DPS, Noida/ Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
- First break: The music video Tera Mera Pyaar
- High point of your life: Screening of my film, The Lunchbox, at Cannes
- Low point of your life: My father’s death
If not an actor, what would you have been?
A travel journalist.
Name the last show you binge-watched.
The Test Case.
And the last thing you googled…?
The temperature in Ahmedabad.
What’s the best thing about doing theatre?
That you become part of a mortal experience, which always remains with you.
And the best and worst thing about Bollywood…?
Anything can happen at anytime.
Name one actor you are crushing on.
Ranveer Singh.
And one character from a book or film you wish you had played.
Amrita Sher-Gil.
Define your style in two words.
Minimal and sexy!
Are you a romantic or a realist?
A real-omantic – so both!
Who would you swipe right on Tinder?
Ryan Gosling.
And what would your Tinder bio read?
Tinderella, with no midnight curfew.
List three qualities you look for in a man?
Humour, honesty and sex appeal.
What gets you in the mood for love?
A stimulating conversation.
A book that inspires you…?
Open by Andre Agassi
What’s the craziest thing a fan has done for you?
A fan in Ahmedabad waited outside in bitter cold just to meet me.
Power dressing for you would be?
Raghavendra Rathore’s bandhgala suits. They are equivalent to the boss suits in the West.
If you were to cheat on your diet, what would you gorge on?
Anything with bitter chocolate.
How do you handle trolls?
I let them die a natural death.
Did your mother give you any relationship advice?
She’s very shy and doesn’t acknowledge relationships!
One relationship rule you always follow…?
To give space to each other.
Finally, how do you de-stress?
By engaging in an exhilarating physical activity.
- Most used app: Instagram
- Password protected app: Ditto
- Re-watched video on YouTube: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet’s trailer
- Last person I call before sleeping: My sister
- Favourite Insta filter: Starry Night
- First song on Spotify: Circles by Post Malone
From HT Brunch, July 19, 2020
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