Luckily for me, I get a lot of acting-oriented scripts.

When you are a pan-Indian actress, you are doing films in different languages and invariably, you end up not signing films in one language or the other for a brief period.

Even though I'm a competitive girl, I don't see competition in this industry because every actor and actress has a unique personality that they bring to their films, which is why they get the parts they get.

I define success a little differently. My dream from day one was to act and stand on my own two feet. I'm literally living my dream after struggling really hard to get here and that in itself is success to me.

Mumbai can eat you up or teach you how to survive because it is a tricky city. I guess living in cities like Mumbai or Delhi makes you slightly more street-smart and alert.

Having lived in a big city like Mumbai, I feel it gives you another personality in a way.

I never really wanted to act for fame.

I'm having a tough time coping in showbiz. I'm absolutely terrified of it. Each time you walk out, somebody wants to click a picture.

I was mesmerised by South cinema and the kind of work is done out here.

I wanted to work in Tollywood ever since I did the Tamil film 'Anegan' with Dhanush in 2015.