All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here

The best way would be education and kids and all that stuff and then education and working education comes through. Then I started a music school and the music school now teaches kids to play the violin and the viola.

I didn't see it coming at all. I just wanted to have this new experience with this team of Danny Boyle, Christian (Colson) and Simon (Beaufoy). It was like an excursion for me from my normal routine and the Indian movies I do and that helped.

My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.

I wanted to be part of something bigger

There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.