I think it was just the script of Do Dooni Chaar. I heard the script on the director Habib’s insistence and I loved it and I said yes to the film.

In Do Dooni Chaar are you drawing from any personal experiences to play the character you are playing?

No, I did not draw from any personal experiences. I play the character of Kusum Duggal in the film and it’s the director who has made me look like a typical middle class woman, living in Delhi, who runs her house on a monthly budget, with the dialogues, the language and the characters that are created.

Do you think actors were luckier back in your time or are they luckier now?

Well as far as money is concerned the actors today are much luckier, with the kind of money they are being paid now. We were paid nothing back then. It was a very meager amount that we got and also the kind of facilities they have now like for example the swanky vanity vans etc. We never had all those and sometimes did our make- up on the roads! But otherwise I think actors today have a much tougher job because they have to keep re-inventing, doing new roles since it’s become very competitive today. It was easier for us since we learnt from our errors with every film because there was not much competition then but today one can’t afford to falter because there is so much competition and today’s actors are very professional and they are all good in each and everything like dance, action etc.

fantastic. They also have access to so much more today like things like sync - sound, the hi- tech cameras and the other film equipments, they are very intelligent directors today and filmmaking has definitely changed from what it was back then.

Will we see you acting opposite any other actor besides Rishi Kapoor?

I am not thinking about a career at this point in life, I did this film after thirty years because it’s a very special film and it’s also an exciting script. My whole family is very happy that I did the film, my mother-in-law, daughter, son etc. I haven’t really given a thought about doing films with anyone else.

If you were to do a film then who would you like to work with from the new league of actors?