at once. It was fun
because I saw some
of my old films as
a reference point. It
was hilarious.
WHY HILARIOUS?
The innocence,
which was there
in me then, is lost
today. The nayapan,
the rawness... has
gone. I cringe when
I watch some of my
earlier songs.
I watched films like
Nischay, Jagruti,
Chandramukhi,
Chand Ka Tukda...
Oh God, those
jackets! But Hum
I DON’T SLEEP MUCH. IF
I DIDN’T PAINT OR WRITE AT
NIGHT, IF I WENT TO SLEEP EARLY,
THINGS WOULD BE BETTER. IN
THE MORNING AFTER HAVING
COFFEE, MOVING YOUR BODY BIT
BY BIT – IN INSTALLMENTS AS I
SAY – KAAM PE JAANA PADTA HAI.
SOMETIMES I DO CARDIO.
AT TIMES, I CYCLE TO WORK TO
STAY ENERGETICAapke Hain Koun...!
and Hum Saath
Saath Hain had a
different Salman
altogether. The
director makes such
a difference.PRIYANKA CHOPRA WAS
THE ORIGINAL CHOICE
AS THE FEMALE LEAD.
HAS KATRINA KAIF
BEEN A GOOD OPTION?
In fact, Ali Abbas
Zafar (director)
and I had thought
of taking Katrina
earlier on. But Ali
was unsure whether
she could play the
role of a Hindustanigirl. I said, ‘Common
yaar, you’ve worked
with her a couple
of times. Don’t you
have confidence in
her? Katrina’s been
here for the last 20
years. She’s done
films like Raajneeti,
Raj Kumar Santoshi
films...’ Later, he
said, ‘Priyanka ka
phone aaya tha that
she wants to do
this film’. Priyanka
was keen on doing
Bharat. She had
also told my sister
Arpita (Khan) about
it as they’re close.
But then she choseto get married with
Nick Jonas, which is
a bold and brave and
step to take. She did
the right thing. She
got married. She got
what she wanted.
Katrina got what she
wanted.HOW DID YOU GET
TO KNOW PRIYANKA
WANTED TO OPT OUT?
Priyanka took this
call five days before
our schedule was to
start. She came home
and told me she
was getting married.
I said we’d adjust
those three-four days.She said she had to
get the clothes ready.
I said the designer
would take care of
that. Then she said
she doesn't know
the actual dates.
(Smiles) Usually, one
would’ve said shaadi
ek saal baad karenge,
abhi yeh picture
kar lete hai. But she
chose to get married.
She’s done the
gutsiest thing. She’s
one of our most hard-
working actresses
ever. To keep her
career alive both here
and there and then
refuse an important