I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.

I love going into a country and just blending.

There's one disturbing notion throughout India that light skin is more attractive than dark.

I absolutely love London; it is one of my favourite cities in the world.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum, that's it - I need to go where there are some boys.'