I was doing specialisation in advertising. I had no interest in acting. One of my friends, who was doing specialisation in films, made a short film casting me. Luckily, I got a break, and my acting career took off.

Service Wali Bahu,' like most other serials, cater to women audiences and is aimed at smaller towns where people are home by sunset.

Being an actor, I feel I need to take up challenges and do different roles without thinking about whether the audience will accept me in those roles or not.

While choosing shows, I look at stories and the concept, and that has to be different.

What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness!

Like so many other young South Asians in America, I am the product of two cultures whose conflicting values pull at me with equal urgency. Never have I felt as torn between the two as I do about the question of marriage.

The things I need from my husband and he needs from me are minimal - respect, support when needed, kindness, love.

Jeanie Buss - I love her with all my heart. I'd take my heart out and give it to her. That's how ill she is. I love that lady.