Actress Soundarya Sharma is a Delhi girl who started her career as a doctor (dentist), but her passion for acting pulled her to NSD, followed by Bollywood town, Mumbai. She has worked in Hindi movies, web series, and TV reality shows, but she shot to fame from the recently released movie Housefull 5. In a candid interview with Yogesh Mishra, she spoke about her recent visit to a spa centre in Mumbai, the secret behind being so fit, Housefull 5 success celebration plans, and how much she feels Laal Pari in herself.
Yogesh Mishra | yogesh@bollywoodtown.in
Recently, you inaugurated a spa centre in Mumbai. So, what excites you at any spa centre?
I am very excited about the fact that humans have created such great stuff for our evolution, and you know there is something to look forward to in life now. There is a stage when it becomes monotonous; people have gotten Botox done, now what next? Now this is something that is helping you uplift your own, you know, health system, like the cryo is there. You know this is very good for your muscle relaxation and all that. So, it’s very good. One must try and experience it now. There are many therapies that we cannot do in day-to-day life. At least you can visit and see, like, how a spa does to us. So, this is just like one step ahead of that.
Since you are also a doctor (dentist), you must be familiar with some of the therapeutic things used at spas. Is it?
Yes, I am familiar with the terminologies, but I don’t know the procedures.
How frequently do you visit any spa centre?
No, this was my first ever visit to any such centre like this, and Epsom happens to be the first one.
How do you keep yourself so fit?
Yes, I really take care of the diet and routine exercises.
Would you like to give any advice to our readers about what to eat and what not to eat?
See, eat healthy. I won’t say, don’t eat. If you eat anything in excess, I mean more than the quantity, that’s not good, be it sugar, be it fried food, or be it your normal chapati. So, eat at optimum levels and eat right, because 70% of our fitness is our diet, and your mental health is very important. Your sleep is important. Our water intake is important, and more than that, be happy, because if you are doing everything and you are not happy, you know, it makes no sense. There is nothing to look forward to in life.
How do you start your day?
I do work out. I do yoga. I do weight training. I distribute my days like that. I do resistant bands. I do stretching, etc.
This implies that Soundarya will remain the same after ten years. Correct?
Yes, I will be younger, younger, and younger (laughs).
Since Housefull 5 is a great success, and even the Laal Pari song, where are you celebrating the success?
I feel on top of the world right now. My celebration is amongst people, like, now I am here; this is a part of my celebration. My celebration is every day-to-day, the gratitude, the gratefulness that I got to be part of this film, and fetching new work again is a part of celebrating success. Like, there is no such thing as just sitting and celebrating; like, moving on and celebrating at the same time, this is the key.
So, how much of Soundarya and how much of Laal Pari do you find in yourself?
I am only Laal Pari. I am the Laal Pari. I am the legit Laal Pari. I don’t know who Soundarya is now.
