I had no intention of being a film producer, and I knew I wasn't passionate about engineering. I was always set on having my own business, controlling my own destiny.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.
When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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.
I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.
I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.
I had no interest in really becoming an actress or doing that kind of thing... I just knew that I wanted to do something in making films.