I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.

Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.

I feel like I have one foot in New York, one foot in London and one foot in India. But it's important to me to invest time with family.

Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women in Western cinema. I grew up wanting to be in 'East-Enders' because film wasn't even a dream. The community were very much like, 'How can you want to act? It's such a low-class profession.

I've always been quite psychic and believe there's a reason why things happen and that we need to learn from them.

I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.

And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of The Good Wife.