take with Shehnaaz Qui

One thing you can’t live without? Work.

Key to your heart?

Apersonshouldbecaring,askaboutme,showinterestinme,mywork.Givemehappysurprises, givemetime!

Favorite food?

Keepschangingaspermymood.Currentlyit’sSushi.

What’s the biggest sacrifice you’ve had to make as an actor?

Diet.

Your go-to person!

Myfriends.There’snoonespecific,justmyfriendcircle.

Favourite songs / singers!

CamillaCabello’s‘Señorita’,CharliePuth’s‘WeDon’tTalkAnymore’andSelenaGomezismyall-time favouriteandIlikeallhersongs.

Actress whom you consider your role model?

Sridevi.She’salegend.

Favourite movie?

Lamhe

Favourite hero whom you had a crush on?

Nooneanymore.

AT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU CALL YOURSELF SUCCESSFUL?

I will never call myself successful, because I want to work hard and give in my best till my last breath. I want to keep learning, keep, evolving, keep growing and keep bettering myself. I will stop trying to work hard the day I call myself successful and I don’t want that to happen ever. I never want to depend on anyone. Even if I become successful, I will never call myself successful. Let people say that! I just want to keep working till my end. Maybe after I’m dead. Jab main upar chali jaungi tab main upar se dekhungi aur bolungi haan ab maine success achieve kar li. From there I’ll see how successful I was and how much I had achieved. To vo main marne ke baad bolungi ki I’m successful.

ARE YOU MORE OF A HEART PERSON OR A HEAD PERSON? HOW IMPORTANT IS LOVE FOR YOU?

I’m definitely a heart person! I feel love is everything. You can love anyone or anything, but the feeling is different with each. Whether it’s your mother, brother, boyfriend, husband, everyone has a different place in the heart, but it is a feeling in all its purity. If that feeling you have for someone is pure, then its love. If a relationship has purity, trust, loyalty, then its love!

HOW ROMANTIC ARE YOU AS A PERSON. THERE’S MUCH WE KNOW AND ASSUMED THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU?

I am a caring person. When I’m in love, I give my 100 per cent. Apne se zyada karti hu. I give more importance to that person than I give to myself. Right now, I’m free, and I’m happy that I’m giving time to myself and my friends and family. There’s a lot of time. Baaki koi bhi life mein aayega, to usko bhi time dungi.

WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON VALENTINE’S DAY? Valentine’s Day for me… Well it’s like a signal that people should live with love. That the love and care we show on that one day should continue forever. So, Valentine’s Day is just a signal for spreading as much love as possible and not just for one day, but every day.

THE YOUNG GENERATION LOOKS UP TO YOU. WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE FOR THEM?

My message to my young fans is that focus on your studies. Pay attention to me too, but in your free time! Focus on yourself more than anything else. I also give myself that importance! So prioritise yourself, focus on education, on your growth, career. See my work too, but don’t lose focus and get distracted (laughs).

EvenifIbecomesuccessful,Iwillnevercallmyselfsuccessful.Letpeoplesaythat!Ijustwant tokeepworkingtillmyend.MaybeafterI’mdead.Jabmainuparchalijaungitabmainuparse dekhungiaurbolungihaanabmainesuccessachievekarli.FromthereI’llseehowsuccessfulI wasandhowmuchIhadachieved.TovomainmarnekebaadbolungikiI’msuccessful.