"That is something I lost out on and feel tremendously sad about, but besides that, the kind of roles I am getting is wonderful and I am in no hurry."

Neither does she feel that good actors are being bypassed by commercial Hindi cinema. She reasons that there is still a very distinct line between commercial and the other kind of cinema. Moreover, the confidence of a filmmaker hasn't yet reached a stage where s/he feels a not so popular actor can carry the film single handedly at the box office.

"There are a lot of mainstream heroines who are ready to go experimental now, so directors obviously want to play safe and bank on a star like Kareena Kapoor in Chameli or Raveena Tandon in Satta."

"But it is definitely working out too. Directors are banking on Irrfan which is great because he is a super actor. Konkana is incredible. Rahul Bose works very well."