I started modelling while still studying. I liked doing television commercials and being in front of the camera. Lots of ad directors told me to try for films.
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Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army like my grandfather to taking up merchant navy as a career to running for India, and finally, investment banking while I was a student of economics honour. But during my college days, I began to get offers for modelling.
After graduating, I began auditioning for films while continuing to model. I did a few fashion shows, ad shoots, and even got a few Bollywood offers, but nothing great.
I started modeling, doing the Sears catalog kind of thing, then did a lot of commercials when I was growing up.
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.
I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.
I went to the U.S. to start my modeling career at a very young age. So, venturing into films and handling the pressure isn't a big task.
I became an actress way into my 30s because I thought that I had to find my own way, and that's why I worked so much in modelling, until I realised that the differences between acting and modelling weren't that great. I always say that modelling is a little bit like being a silent actress.
I never thought about acting before I started modeling, but since then I've been in short films and music videos, and I got interested. It felt natural to switch over.
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