have from that film is unbelievable this movie was like revisiting the sixties and seventies kind of movies and values it actually catered to the pulse of the two and threetier cities in india where arranged marriages and living in huge joint families are a way of life even till date while the rest of the industry was turning bolder and sexier sooraj ji knew his audience vivah was considered regressive only by the english critics but the indian audiences proved them totally wrong there were cinema halls in jaipur which turned into shadi halls with full baraat to welcome audiences in their 4th week even today its a record on television that if its a weekend vivah has to be telecast its my prediction that vivah and its traditional indian values will make the film grow only bigger with the audience over timehow did you deal with all those rumours and linkup stories with shahid kapoor both of you would get asked these questions about each other was it embarrassingnot at all shahid was always in a relationship when i was his costar yes the audience always wished that we were a reallife couple but that had only got to do with our tremendous onscreen popularity the funny part is that shahid and i have only been very good colleagues we were not even friends who hung out with each other but yes we have tremendous respect for each other as artists and recently shahid also expressed on social media that he misses working with me which was very sweet why shahid and i were never cast together after vivah is a milliondollar question and something to think aboutare you ambitious as a person how would you analyse your own career pathi entered the film industry with the tagline of the lucky mascot perhaps newcomers today have not seen the backtoback silver jubilees and success that i have right from the beginning my popularity and acceptance were genuine and not bought through paid pr and marketing strategies yet there were many things that were beyond my control because i dont have any godfathers herei could have missed out on many opportunities where i was right on the top of the casting list however i cannot also deny that i have never had to ask directors for work ive always been approached for and had the privilege of refusing the biggest of offers because i was not comfortable with doing certain intimate scenes my journey has been easy yet difficult because i had to carve my own path with trial and error but the taste of being selfmade is the sweetest were you less competitive did you lose films to other actresses because of thisi never believed in calling a director and asking him for work i always thought that directors should be visionary enough to spot my talent and cast me i am not sure if i lost out on opportunities because of that as there are many actresses