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• ‟ For me fortunately, my mother was my backbone. She was an independent and fierce woman, and she made sure I am too. She wanted me to be a brave person.

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• ‟ There was someone from China who came down to my house and locked himself outside the gate. He wanted to marry me and created a lot of trouble. I had to eventually report to the police and put him behind the bars.

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• ‟ I feel blessed and lucky that some of the film industry's most magical and iconic songs where legendary composers and singers have collaborated have been filmed on me.

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• ‟ I met my share of boys but the end result was always the same - they weren't the right kind of men for me.

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• ‟ But since I did my first film with Shammi Kapoor ji, he is my favourite. I was very shy to face the camera. In my first few shots with Shammi chacha, I was very nervous. He was very patient with me and guided me in every shot.

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• ‟ I was a dancer, so it was easy for me to dance in films. I had studied Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odisi and Kathakali much before I even thought of becoming an actor.

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• ‟ I lost my parents. I was totally alone and I had to manage everything all alone. It did put me in depression.

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• ‟ I realised I was a 'star' when my first film Dil Deke Dekho was released after being rejected before. It was a very big thing for me.

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• ‟ There was a time when the directors would sign me first and then go to the hero. There was a time when on my name a film used to be sold.

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• ‟ My mother was like a backbone for me in my life. She would always push me ahead.

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• ‟ I started as a child artist, and not as a heroine, as most would think. I was performing on stage once when the late Bimal Roy saw me and asked me if I would work in films. I was too tiny. Without realising, I just said yes.

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• ‟ Though not into films, my family was associated with films. My grandparents financed films. They didn't like me getting into films. But, destiny willed it so.

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• ‟ My parents had an inter-reli'gious marriage. My father is a Gujarati and my mother a Bohri Muslim. I am an only child. My par'ents loved me very much, but were very strict: I was a tomboy, always among boys, playing, fighting.

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