I was a big fan of 'Bigg Brother' and 'Bigg Boss Hindi.' Hence, I decided to enter the show.
I have understood that there is a huge fan following of 'Bigg Boss,' it's a huge platform and everyone in the country connects to it... and all those who go to 'Bigg Boss' and come out, have had positive changes only in their lives.
I am on 'Bigg Boss' only because it can open doors to the Hindi film industry for me.
I have purchased a flat in Malad, but that is not with my 'Bigg Boss' prize. I had bought it with my earnings that were released by producers of 'Bhabhiji Ghar Pe Hain' just before I was offered 'Bigg Boss.'
I have been watching the Hindi 'Bigg Boss' for years and have been a big fan.
'Bigg Boss' was not a house, it was a house-like situation and being an actor, I had to take care of the way I looked on screen.
Hindi has never been a trouble. In fact, Hindi is the only language I can speak and write apart from Malayalam and English.
I finished 'Bigg Boss.' Why should I go on the show again? What is the need for it? If I have to go in the 'Bigg Boss' house, I will go as a guest, exchange pleasantries and leave.
I would never go into the 'Bigg Boss' house even in a hypothetical situation. I have been to jail, so if I were to be confined in that house, I'd get rattled.
The most beautiful learning in my Bigg Boss' journey has been to embrace all shortcomings with grace.
Even when I was doing three films a year, I would somehow find two weeks to spend time with my family apart from the regular weekend breaks. But 'Bigg Boss' took up more time than I had expected. On top of it, I also had to shoot for 'Devadas.'
I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.
When I did my first Hindi film, 'Sargam,' I had to play a dumb girl. Critics went to town saying that since I was a south Indian and didn't know how to speak Hindi, producers of the movie decided to make me play dumb.
'Bigg Boss' changed my view of the world. Before I joined the show as its host, I was living in a bubble. I believed the real world is a happy place. 'Bigg Boss' made me realise that the world is made of all kinds of people, including some judgmental ones. It has introduced me to the real world.
In every show that I had been a part of before 'Bigg Boss,' I had made a lot of friends.
Dubbing for myself in Hindi is a big task. I know Hindi. I can read and write Hindi, but I dont normally speak the language, and that is very important.