Simi Garewal Quotes

Simi Garewal

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 17, 1940

I don't like my birthday to be an occasion for fanfare.

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I spend my birthday at home close to the people who matter to me. That's the way I like it.

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I was working with two prolific directors Raj Kapoor and Satyajit Ray at the same time. It was an amazing experience to shoot with two top directors - one in commercial and other in art cinema.

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Rendezvous' is like a documentary.

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Most of us fall into categories - there's always the lover and the beloved, guest and host, giver and taker. You have to decide whether you are going to be the lover or the beloved.

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Mera Naam Joker' is really special to me. A girl, who had idolised Raj Kapoor since her childhood, was actually working with him!

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I've never been satisfied with doing just one thing. I was never only an actress, or a TV anchor or whatever.

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I am a difficult person to cast.

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When I was five-and-a-half years old, the first and only Hindi film I saw was 'Awaara.' So fascinated was I by this whole concept of moving images, story and music that I just wanted to be an actress.

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When I announced that I wanted to become an actress, my parents were dead against it. I had to put up a huge fight.

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My father was in the Army - he was a brigadier. In those days, people in the Army used to look down upon films.

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In that, he is like any actor, any star - Amitabh blooms when showered with appreciation and praise. He is very self-effacing, and he accept compliments very gracefully.

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As a rule, I do not speak to my guests before the interviews.

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It was in 1998, in the first season of my show, 'Rendezvous With Simi Garewal,' that I interviewed Amitabh Bachchan. It was a low period for him, he was getting a lot of criticism for ABCL, for the movies he had signed, and lots more besides.

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For many years, as I saw or read interviews done by various people with him, I thought to myself that no one had managed to find the Amitabh Bachchan that we know. Having been friends with him even before he began his career in the movies, I have watched his highs and lows with fascination, and I have tried to comprehend him.

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When 'Rendezvous' went on air, it got terrible reviews. Later, it became a benchmark for the other shows. Lots of people tried to copy it.

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I got married at 27, within three months of knowing my ex-husband ong-distance. I knew the moment I'd done it, it won't work.

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I don't like my wings being clipped.

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I nearly adopted a girl once. I went to an orphanage and found this girl called Vijaya, who was abandoned at the railway station by her parents.

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At 17, I fell in love with my neighbour - the Maharaja of Jamnagar. It was a turbulent and passionate affair that lasted for three years.

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