You could have played the field after Ghajini but instead chose to limit yourself to London Dreams.
I don’t believe in the philosophy that one should make hay while the sun shines. I choose films carefully—I look at the character, director, producers and all the co-artistes. I want to do films that will help me grow and learn, irrespective of whether it is Tamil, Telegu or Hindi. None of the films I was offered was interesting enough. And since I am not in this profession for financial reasons, I have the freedom to wait it out. I chose London Dreams because it’s a hardcore commercial film by Vipul Shah who has an excellent track record.

Your character Priya in London Dreams plays a simple homely girl in front of her parents and rocker-chic outside. Do you have such an adventurous streak?
Each one of us displays such streak, especially in school and college days, and I am no exception. I’ve done the usual—act nice in front of teachers and get mischievous outside the class. The youth festivals in Kerala are a huge affair and since I was the school captain, I would participate regularly. But in class, every time there was a test announced that I wanted to skip, I would ask my juniors to call me for the practices just before the test. The teachers too would let me go and my classmates would give me jealous looks. But I never compromised on studies and was the topper in class 12 boards. This is some of the milder stuff that I can share.

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