Mystery #6
But you’ve said before that you always knew you were going to be famous…
Anushka: Bizarre as it may sound, I knew that I was going to be famous. I was deeply ambitious, and I wanted to be ‘somebody’. I would give interviews to myself in the bathroom mirror, asking questions to myself, and answering them! If I saw a tennis match, then I was a tennis star; I was an author once… I’d pick up roles and give interviews! Maybe that’s why I became an actor (laughs).

You never stood before the mirror and practiced lines, or dance steps?
Anushka: Even now I can’t stand before a mirror and act. Even if I’m dressed up, or waking up in the morning, I am not looking at myself. I guess if you always know that you’re going to be an actor, you become ready for speculations, people’s interest in your life, and public scrutiny that comes with the job. I don’t think that I was prepared for that one bit, when it happened. I still don’t know how to react to compliments, autograph seekers… It’s very complex. I just wanted to be someone with a certain standing (in society).