After 'Socha Na Tha' flopped, nobody wanted to work with me. I became very bitter and angry. So now when the industry and the audience accept me, I feel more empowered.
Women have shown their skills and that's why they have been accepted in the industry. It's through their skill that they have managed to make a mark for themselves and also earned respect.
Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.
I believe acting also has a retirement phase. Unfortunately, no one in the industry is ready to accept that.
Telugu and Tamil actors have been so open-hearted and warm in welcoming me to be part of their industries. This appreciation from such people means a lot to me.
I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry.
There was a time when I desperately wanted to be part of a Yash Chopra film, not because he was a great director, but because I was an outsider and I wanted that validation of being accepted in the film industry.
For someone who has no connect with Tamil Nadu, the language or the film industry and to be welcomed by some amazing names purely for my talent feels really great.
I feel like the modeling industry is a little bit more accepting of women who make mistakes. They appreciate the idea of icons.
They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.
My career is too short for there to be any turns! But I would say that not everyone is noticed and accepted in their debut films. I was accepted both by the industry and the audience.
If I do foray more into writing comic books, I definitely would hope that my acceptance is based more on my ability to write than my ability to schmooze my way in as a celebrity.
It's been a surreal journey for me since 'Masaan.' The way the industry has accepted me and motivated me has been amazing.
It is only when you become commercially viable that you actually get accepted by the industry.
It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story.
I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe I can still do it.
It feels completely amazing to finally be in the space where there are so many people taking me seriously as an actress.
