She Doesn't Need A Hero!

Super cool yet warm, she greets me with a dazzling smile as I walk in for the interview. We start our candid, heart-to-heart chat. During the course of our conversation, I realise that I have never come across a celebrity who is so successful and yet so down-to-earth. In fact, today, though this amazing actress is touching the skies, her feet are still firmly entrenched on the ground. Indeed, this Dabangg girl has come a long way.

...SONAKSHI SINHA is a star kid. But one of those who doesn’t really need a pillar (read daddy) to lean upon. Her onscreen presence is so strong that it can win the hearts of the audience regardless of the role she plays. She has gone from strength to strength in each film she has worked in. The industrywallas call her Sona - and it truly defines her presence, personality and charm – 24 Carat solid gold!...Here are excerpts from the very interesting chat.

- Nazifa Charania

Destiny and Sonakshi

One cannot go beyond the plan of destiny. If something is bound to happen, it will happen at the right time. No power in the universe can stop that process from rolling in. When it’s your time, it’s your time!

Similar is the case with Sonakshi who is a multi-talented personality. So if it wasn’t for acting, what would she be doing? “Destiny decreed that I should get into acting. I have studied fashion designing, I wanted to do something in that field but destiny had different plans for me,” starts offSonakshi. But what if it wasn’t destiny’s plan for you to become a star and shine as bright as a diamond in the world of glitz and glamour? She grins, “If not an actor, there would be so many things I would be doing. I was into sports, I could have played tennis. I could have been a swimmer or a deepsea diver. I wanted to be a marine biologist at one time. I have studied fashion as well so I could have been a designer or a stylist too. So there you are, the list is never ending...”

Anxiety, Anxiousness Or Insecurity?

Well, what is that one thing that she dislikes about herself? I probe. Sonakshi answers, “I overthink a lot. So the one quality that I would like to change about myself is to stop that. So many times the situation tends to become 10 times worse because of over thinking. So, I always consciously try to distract myself from what I am thinking about. Earlier I used to do it a lot but now I am much better.”

Little Sonakshi (let’s take a peek into her world when she was a child)