On Scams & Corruption
Date :- 24 October 2011

With the spirit of festivities around are we forgetting last months heavy lowdown of protest which gave a blow to the country. The man called Anna Haraze lead his way and generated the spirit across the nation to fight back against corruption. Today when it just strike my mind how I wanted to be a part of this anti corruption crusade, my presence was absent, but the spirit was very much present.

This is the season of scams and the biggest ever corruption cases in India have been unearthed more recently. In our daily life, most of us must have been a witness to or a victim of the corruption thriving in some or the other part of the country. It could be in the form of a taxi-driver manipulating the meter to jack-up the reading or a government officer taking bribery to promptly transfer your file to the next department or even yourself offering bribe to a traffic police on breaking a signal. An average Indian citizen is hard working and diligent, but it is the people in charge of the system, that act as a cancer spreading the venom, slowing down the progress.

But, somewhere down the line, we ourselves are responsible for allowing and being taken for a ride by these people, aren’t we? However, it is during a multi-thousand crore scam, that a tax-payer actually realizes the heartburn of being cheated from his valued contribution of funds towards the development and well-being of the nation. But, that’s what a scam is, be it big or small.

There are several medium and small scams taking place on day to day basis in India with the blessings of ruling party and police force apart from the top ones which are shown on the news channels. It is very disheartening to know that our leaders are acting the way they are.

People elect the politicians to take decisions on their behalf, is this what they are doing for the betterment of the people?

May God grace them with utmost wise thoughts and deeds.

Of Gods and queue-breakers
10 September 2011


Day after day, anything and everything around us is getting commercialised.
People are getting greedy and cunning. Just because you are a celebrity, you get things on demand. This is a kind of partiality, because every individual has equal rights to seek blessing of its God.

A case in point: Just yesterday, I went to Lalbaugcha Raja. What I came to know after talking to a few devotees standing in long queues is that they were standing for more than 12 hours for darshan just for a glimpse of their favourite deity. However, A-listers get instant access. How ridiculed would you feel if you were made to wait for hours at a stretch, and someone was allowed to go ahead just because they're famous and influential.

And if that wasn't discriminating enough, what followed was even more striking. If you thought it only existed between the layman and the rich and influential, the Lalbaug committee and the media personnel even discriminate between A-List film stars and B-Listers.

I have been ridiculed and taken aback after knowing this. I seriously feel VIP darshan should be snapped completely and even celebrities should be treated equally just as anyone else coming for darshan.


Could the initials of your last name influence your career?
06 August 2011


I have been in the industry for almost five years and there is so much that I have experienced. It’s not so easy as it appears to be. The whole phenomena of being a Bollywood star is so much different than assumed. Having been won the Femina Miss India Title is a great thing indeed. In fact, it’s every girls dream. It easily earned me a ticket to Bollywood having given a blockbuster. But the hardships which are followed later to sustain to be in the top list is no easy task.
Thought today I should share this in my blog my experience.
With friends follow a lot of foes and these foes could harm you could blemish your name in the industry. It can be a lot more that one can’t even imagine about. Every word and statement is watched out for. In fact, it could just even be that someone may dislike you for damn no reason and you could fall prey to circumstances that you could not even think about.
Also every statement you make you have to be careful you have to watch your words as it could be blown out of trumpet and you have to face the music for something you never intended to do. Nothing goes unnoticed and there are attitude problems one has to go through. Having a godfather or a big………. is a huge plus, no one dares open their mouth against you; to an extent, they’d be scared even to offend you.
A lot of back-stabbing and politics is what takes place, especially if you are a newcomer. The ones who have a strong backup are favoured big time. Sometimes it gets annoying that there is not much opportunity to look forward to. Getting snubbed by your seniors is turning very much common.
At times, it feels terrible to be a soft target all the time and trust me this feeling makes you feel so low that even when you try to divert your attention it just doesn’t work. When I feel low I think about my favorite star Shah Rrukh Khan who survived and made himself a biggie on the silver screen.
I prefer to stay in my own company when I am shooting and I like my own private space I am not even a social animal I don’t party that often but I like it this way as my mind is at a peaceful state. Har Din Hain Mushkil Jeena Yahan Yeh Hai Bollywood yeh Hain Bollywood Meri Jaan


The times they are a-changin'
26 July 2011

I feel so nostalgic going down memory lane and cherishing and recounting the time I was so new in the industry. I had just won the Miss India-World, pageant and was all set to enter the film industry with a bang. I believe I was so lucky to make my debut with Emraan Hashmi, who was already a star then. Such a wonderful start to my career! The pros and cons of the industry were so different back then.

Ever since, the competition has increased incredibly but there is much scope and many new opportunities to chase.

Everything seems to have changed in a big way. What is most noticeable is the fact that today’s audiences have also changed their mindset.

They are ready to accept new things, so you have ample experiments happening. If fashion is to be considered, the golden era is back with a tinge of revival. Trends seem to be repeating themselves with the return of polka dots, sarees and anarkalis. There’s also a significant difference in the way movies are made. No more the dilemma of the big budget movies being the only key to success. An unusual storyline and an altogether different pattern of storytelling has gone too well with the audiences.

From cabaret to disco dances, it’s now raining item numbers which is a must to make your movie a blockbuster. There have been back-to-back release of hit numbers that grabbed eyeballs. Unlike the girls donning the item girl’s tag it was more of item boys who reigned Bollywood with their dance moves. Right from Aamir to Shah Rukh, all of them came and conquered. Moreover, the entire concept of Hollywood films being an inspiration to our filmmakers seems to have taken a back seat now movies from down south being more often considered now.

Change is inevitable with so much more to learn every day with tough competition from contemporaries. However, there’s a lot more to explore as there is enough place for everyone in the industry but what is of prime importance is to have a distinct identity.