On a rainy day

But Sanjana finds love in such hostile circumstances. Would you have been as vulnerable?
We’ve heard of people who found love during the floods. Maybe it was because every emotion gets magnified in challenging circumstances. But I doubt I’d have felt anything but the desire to get back home as soon as possible.

Were you apprehensive of your co-star Emraan Hashmi’s image?
I asked my director before signing the film if I’ll be expected to kiss on-screen and was told it wasn’t in the script. But during the shoot he told me there was a small,sweet kiss we’d have to do. Then,the one kiss became two.

You finally share screen-space with your mother Sharmila Tagore in Life Goes On.
We decided to do this film because it really required us to project the sentiments involved in a mother-daughter relationship since the film is about the sense of loss a family feels upon the mother’s death. It was scary to work with her because she knows me so well and the slightest expression of insincerity on my face would give me away.

Is Life Goes On an attempt to emerge from the shadow of your mother by featuring alongside her?
Not at all. In fact,I wouldn’t want to emerge from her or my family’s shadow at all. They are all achievers and why should I deny my roots—it gives me enough security and pride.