PERSONAL PERSONALAGENDA AGENDA
SHABANA AZMI Sun sign
Birthday
Hometown
School/college
Occupation
First break
High point of your life Winning
Low point of your life
What are you doing currently?
Virgo
Queen Mary’s High School/St Xavier’s College, Mumbai
the International Gandhi Peace Prize at the House of Lords, London
Which character from Sholay do you most resemble and why?
Unfortunately, I don’t think I resemble any of them.
If you were given a chance to remake Kites, the movie, what would you do?
I would remove the English dialogues.
The last line of your autobiography would read… ...She played the game.
How would you explain Twitter to your grandmother? Kam bolo, samajh ke bolo.
The one place where you would never get yourself tattooed? PHOTO: REUTERS
Nowhere – it’s gross!
One song that describes your current state of mind? Ude khule aasman mein khwabon ke parindey. Your darkest fantasy?
That I become a world-renowned chef.
What would we find in your fridge right now?
Fruits, veggies, chicken, chocolates, kebabs, cheese and sardines.
The stupidest thing you’ve ever heard?
That a mere 1.2 per cent of GDP is enough to meet the healthcare needs of people in our country.
IF YOU COULD PEEP INTO ANYONE’S HOUSE, WHOSE HOUSE WOULD IT BE?
Ankur in 1974, directed by Shyam Benegal
Actress
My father's death
If a spaceship landed in your backyard, what would you do? Ask it to fly me to another world.
The most clichéd answer you’ve ever given in an interview? That “I don’t use clichés!”
If you were an icecream, what flavour would you be? Vanilla.
The most overrated movie/book? I feel it is the movie The Tourist. Your most irrational fear…
When my right eyelid flickers, something bad happens.
YOU WOULDN’T BE CAUGHT DEAD WEARING...
Campaigning with Save the Children to increase government budgetary spending on healthcare to 5% of GDP
I would turn lesbian for... It is such a silly question.
The one lie you got away with?
My experience is that you never get away with a lie.
Where did you spend your last summer? In America.
How many pairs of blue jeans do you have? None.
What’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever given your date? Too personal to share.
– Interviewed by Veenu Singh
WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT FOR UNDER `10?
...A MINI SKIRT!
I BOUGHT A SAMOSA FOR `7
SUSAN SARANDON’S
PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
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September 18
HINDUSTAN TIMES WEEKLY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 4, 2011