| hellooo! i dont noe whether this has beeen posted or not but here goez.........hope u like it 😃 Smriti Irani
Actress-Politician
"Gauri and I are colleagues from Miss India '98; it kills me to be her Saasu"
Nazia > Hi Smriti, will you colour your hair white (actually grey) once Kyunki... again takes a (further) leap (in years)?
Smriti Irani > Yes, I will definitely. Otherwise, how will I convince the audience that I am 70 years old (on screen only).
Angel > How was it to work with Jodi (couples) No. 1 Mr & Mrs Gauri-Hiten Tejwani? How 's it working with that cute couple?
Smriti Irani > Let me tell you a small secret. Gauri and I are colleagues from Miss India '98. It kills me to be her Saasu (mother-in-law) on TV! What is worst that Hiten is four years older than I am (in real life). Nonetheless, it is always great to work with friends.
Nazia > What do you think has worked in your favour as the Desh's (country's) ideal Bahu (daughter-in-law)? Your simplicity or your acting skills?
Smriti Irani > Peoples' acceptance.
Suneel > Do you really feel that by watching serials like KSBKBT etc our culture will be preserved by the new generation or that they will learn something good from it?
Smriti Irani > I think the new generation is prepared well enough with what our history and culture brings with it. The joint family concept, respect shown to elders, love between two brothers and celebration of the family bond are things people either aspire for or see the reflection of themselves. Kyunki... is nothing but that reflection.
Swati > Who are your inspirations in acting?
Smriti Irani > Genuinely nobody. If you want to use the word inspire then life and people I meet inspire me .
Jamal > Dear Smriti, it's been wonderful to see you playing the role of Tulsi so adoringly. Hats off to your performance! Now that you are worshipped as the IDEAL BAHU of the Viranis, are you as compromising?
Smriti Irani > I think any individual, be it me or you would give her best shot to preserve and pamper a relationship. But no, I would never compromise on fidelity. If they're (ever) a real life Mandira (comes) in my life then Mr Irani has had it.
Abhi > You are so beautiful but why do you act like a mother?
Smriti Irani > (Laughs) Tulsi's journey began when she was 18. Now she is 45. I think the journey folds up when she dies. Motherhood is just a part and parcel of it but I must say that I am flattered that at 28 I could convince the nation that I am a mother to giants like Gautam. Karan, Ansh and gang.
Swati > You are a very good actress. I love your acting very much. Who is you are idol?
Smriti Irani > I only have one idol in life - my grandfather. He gave me all values I hold today in life. He made me believe in myself and in my dreams. Whatever I am today is
thanks to him.
Jamal > Are you tempted to do films in the near future?
Smriti Irani > I am tempted to explore any form of acting as long as I get an opportunity to improve as an actor.
Naaz > I saw your interview on TV and let me tell you that you have the knack of getting viewers engrossed in your answers.
Smriti Irani > Thank you!
Manju > Hi Smriti! Did politics happen by chance? Or, you had always planned for a career in politics. How did it happen?
Smriti Irani > I have always been a politically inclined person. I am known as a kranti kari (revolutionary) on the sets and at home. Politics at the national level was an opportunity that presented itself last year and that's why I took it up.
Ram > Is it right to accept money for campaigning? A lot of TV actors campaigned after being paid by political parties during the Lok Sabha (general) elections.
Smriti Irani > I have never commercialised my political beliefs and never will. I think you are speaking to one of the few actors who has never touched a penny to campaign. I am an office bearer of Maharastra and at national level of BJP (party. Hence, my campaign and association with the party was for all to see during not only the Lok Sabha elections but also the state elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh and Maharashtra.
Moksh > Where do you finally wish to settle down – politics or acting ?
Smriti Irani > Why not (in) both ?
Helping_soul > Hi, do you think young politicians have better ways to reform society then the ones who have been in the field for long?
Smriti Irani > Young politicians with the correct attitude and uncompromising stands on issues of national interest like education, employment, infrastructure & development, law and order and social reforms can bring about change, if they choose to remember why they joined politics in the first place.
Smiti_tulsi > Hi, my name is Smiti and I am from USA. It's 4.30 am and I am still awake to chat with you. I like you so much. Just want to know about you. Do you have kids? And why don't you come to USA with all co-stars?
Smriti Irani > Yes, I do have children. If I go to the US with all my co-stars then who will shoot for Kyunki ...! But seriously speaking I might be in the US next year for a new project.
Naina > Hi Smriti, which is your favourite Mihir?
Smriti Irani > The one I have in real life (minus the Mandira); my hubby Zubin Irani.
Jag > If not an actress what would you have been?
Smriti Irani > I would have been in the service the Indian Police Service or Indian Administrative Service. And if my plans of being a journalist had not been bombarded by NDTV...
Helping_soul > What was the main reason for you to jump into politics? You came here to make big and you had already done it through television?
Smriti Irani > Participation in national politics by educated people is the need of the hour. My country and my people have given me everything that I have today. Politics was an opportunity to give back, to raise awareness about issues and people who have no voice. We live in a country where sexual abuse of a child is not punishable because no specific legislation exists to tackle such a menace. Don't you think people like you and me should participate because what I learnt in life is that you be the difference you seek in the world.
Gauyog > What lessons have you learnt?
Smriti Irani > Live and let live. The world is too beautiful to hold any grudges, to be prejudiced. Invest in relationships because success comes and goes. Love stays forever.
Madhuri45 > How is a typical day for you?
Smriti Irani > It begins at 6 am and ends at 1 am.
Jkkkj > I think you have joined a party of hypocrites!
Smriti Irani > This is a democracy. You are welcome to your views. If putting your nation above all is hypocrisy, if taking pride in being an Indian is hypocrisy, then well...
Sahtaj > Did you have a dream of becoming an actress always or you just wanted to try your luck here?
Smriti Irani > I just wanted to pay-off my loan which I had procured for my dad to participate in the Miss India contest. I thought this was the fastest way of doing it.
Smiti_tulsi > How did you meet your husband the first time? Did you two have a love marriage or was it arranged? Are you a Gujarati?
Smriti Irani > I don't remember exactly at what date (I met him) because we met when I was (still) a kid. It was an arranged-love marriage, as my parents had to knock sense into my head. My maternal grandmother is from Assam, my maternal grandfather is a Bengali, my paternal grandmother is a Maharashtrian and my parental grandfather is a Punjabi pathan . Sadly, nowhere does a Gujaratai figure in this mix. By the way, I am married to a Parsi.
Mini > Smriti, are you not bored of the same look? Why can't we see you differently, like with a modern haircut and western outfits?
Smriti Irani > I do appear with my own short hair cut in a show called Kuch Dil Se on Sab TV and I am likely to appear as a person of my age in a project soon.
Divinity > Hi Smritiji, you are at the peak of your career and you have all the material happiness one yearns in his life. What about spiritual happiness ?
Smriti Irani > When you fulfill your responsibilities towards your husband and two little babies that gives you the deepest satisfaction better than any serial or material things in Life, I see God in a child. It gives me complete happiness and that's the closest I think I come to God. Spiritual happiness is not something tangible. It's the product of the soul. Material happiness or no happiness, success or no success you are as close to God as you choose to be.
Shalini > How would you have managed to wear revealing clothes in Femina Miss India 1998 as you don't believe in exposure?
Smriti Irani > We didn't, thankfully. I participated in Femina Miss India where the organization itself was aware of peoples' cultural and religious beliefs and (it)
never propagated exposure to any contestant. For they truly wanted us to know that womanhood is a celebration of a woman's spirit, her beliefs, her ideals and her dreams...
Sign Off Message > Thank you for spending this lovely hour chatting up with me. There were a lot of questions that have inspired me to explore new aspects to life again. Thank you for your time and inspiration. |
