Have you finished unwrapping your birthday (June 8) gifts yet?
The best gift was that dad flew into Mumbai from Los Angeles for four days and then we went together to Macau. His visit was supposed to be a surprise but in all her excitement, my manager Nisha just let it slip out. But that was very sweet of him. I got some 500 books and the most delicious home-baked carrot cake from Monika, my publicist.

At 24, how would you sum up your personality?
I was born and raised in the film industry. I have seen dad go through a lot—I had a ringside view of his struggle and stardom. He was never aware of his superstardom; work has been worship for him. That experience, together with my mom and sister Rhea, keep me well-grounded. I certainly don’t have any false sense of self importance. I am very hardworking. I’m like the pit bull—I never give up on anything. Like I get claustrophobic in lifts but I made sure I rode up and down in the elevator from the 38th floor hotel room in Macau recently with a brave face. I am scared of going underwater, so I will take to deep-sea diving.

We hear you will be soon busying yourself in a workshop with your co-stars in Ayesha.
Ayesha is not a pure love story; it is about six or seven friends played by Ira Dubey, Amita, Lisa, Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh and Abhay Deol. Since the film spans over 63 days, we all have to really be friends before the film goes on floors. So if we have to work together for nearly four months we should have mutual trust too. Now that Abhay is back from New York, we can hold the workshops.

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