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Ever the consummate professional, does she take time out to play, to be silly? “Oh God, totally. I’m still mad as I was back when I was a teenager. I’m on reverse gear actually,” there’s the infamous giggle. “Back then, I was a child, but I was way mature for my time. A large part of my girly years, I had to be a woman and be grown up. So now, when I let go, people think I should be this demure lady. I don’t intend to lose this side of me. I’m exactly who I want to be right now.”
No one gets this better than hubby Abhishek, himself well-known for being quite the rabble-rouser. Four years of marriage and she still beams uncontrollably at the very mention of him, “I’m a child-woman and he’s a man-child. When I was younger, I used to say the most important thing in a relationship is compatibility, but I’m not sure I understood it completely back then. Today I do, and attribute everything to it,” she says. “Friendship encapsulates everything. Giving each other space, respect, and making the effort to invest in remaining connected. A relationship requires nurturing. ‘You complete me’ is sweet and sounds good but you have to nurture this core that you share. It’s so important to laugh. And to fight too! But we don’t like to sleep before we thrash it out because, look at our lives...there’s no time to carry luggage!”
Aishwarya does seem free. She’s the epitome of a self possessed woman—unfavourable film reviews, unfounded news reports and worst-dressed lists don’t faze her anymore “Fashion is not to be taken that seriously, it’s to be enjoyed. If I’m not comfortable and it doesn’t suit me, I’m okay with not being on-trend. I’m not going to do it,” she says plainly. “With me, it’s more to do with comfort and form. That’s why I call myself a regular person because I think more regularly. I’m a very normal, middle-class girl,!” she says
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