Farah wants 2 boys and a girl!

"Oh no, my doctor's going to read this," she grins. "Anyway, she sees me on TV all the time and panics. I don't think I'll be allowed to attend the premiere of my film either. How can I lie still in one place all the time? Besides, I think positive. I feel my kids will be fine, regardless of my activities."

That's Farah, in a nutshell. She has a film and three kids to deliver. And she wants to go about both energetically. To hell with molly-coddling herself. "I'd like two boys and a girl," she adds. Knowing her, she'll get her way. "I'll have another cup of tea while we talk," she says.

Did the news of triplets come as a pleasant surprise?

Yes. At 40, I didn't know whether I'd have even one kid. At 43, I'm going to have three. It's not something that I was dying for, but now that I'm expecting, I like the idea.

Was it Shirish who wanted kids?

Yeah, he told me right at the outset that I should see him only if I were ready to get married and have kids. He asked me not to do 'time-pass' with him.

How does he handle a high profile wife, who always speaks her mind and has Shah Rukh Khan for her best friend?

He doesn't care. He doesn't talk much because he doesn't feel the need to express his opinions, that's all. Also, being eight years younger to me, he comes from a more irreverent generation. I'm the conservative.

Have you both thought of working together, as in making a film together?

No thanks. Shirish would kill me if we worked together. His vision is completely different from mine, and he's so dominating. We almost killed each other when I choreographed for him for Jaan-E-Man .

Are you shopping for the kids?

I'm not allowed to go shopping. Kids apart, I need maternity clothes for myself too. Karan (Johar) is doing that for me. He now travels with my list. Recently he called me from London, saying that he couldn't believe he was standing in the lingerie department of Marks & Spencer, buying maternity bras for me!

Isn't Shirish shopping?

I've told Shirish to hang on, otherwise he'll go berserk, shopping. And he hasn't the faintest idea of what to get. He's buying things like computers, etc - for the kids.

Are you ready for the changes that the kids will bring in your life?

I guess so. I'm going to take a year off, be with them. I guess I'll be feeding all the time. How often do babies feed?

How much time do you spend with SRK, apart from work?

I haven't met him for two weeks. I like to give a lot of space to people in my life. I don't get obsessive about people.

Do you ever feel stifled with your work, feel the need to get away?

Not with film-making. But yes, I'm going to stop choreographing now. I can't think of anything new now, so it's better to stop. Especially choreographing for others' films, where I have no control. For my own films, yes, at least I can decide that I want six packs for Shah Rukh, or shoot with 30 veterans...

How much work went behind the six-pack?

So much that by the end of it I was begging Shah Rukh to please eat something! He couldn't even drink water for hours during shooting because there would be water retention and it would show on his stomach. His a#*e would ache while shooting, he'd get cramps.