Beauty is transient and changes with time.

Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host's grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.

In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'.

I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform.

I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.

I'm just an average woman with average concerns.

I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise.