Quotes from Madhura Naik

I've always liked horror films, but I have discovered that shooting for scenes in which you play a spirit is not easy.

I have always been inclined towards art, but hadn't painted in a long time. I restarted it during the lockdown, by making a sketch with an ink pen on a drawing sheet.

Every actor while shooting might have got injured during the shoot, and the same happened with me but I continued with work.

Technology has spoiled me and I'm so dependent on it that I do not even remember my mother's mobile number! And I used my phone not just for the calls but all my selfies and notes and reminders and as a GPS locator as I'm a frequent traveller.

Metallica is my favorite band.

My fitness idol is a sports personality and a young racer, Arman Ibrahim. He is very fit and he was also my partner in the TV show Fear Factor.'

In fact, I learnt Hindi over a period of time after I started doing TV shows.

A lot of our contracts state that it is a 90-day credit period, but why? You work in any company, you get paid in a monthly basis. Why does an actor have to wait for 90-days?

In India, you get typecast so easily!

Indian men need to break the typical mentality. I've lived abroad and now that I'm here, I see a huge difference.

I was shooting for two Balaji shows, Kayamath' and Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil,' in Mumbai. I was tired working round the clock.

Later when I was in Mithibai College, Mumbai, I was a singer for a rock band.

I love to travel and see new places.

I have been blessed with a family, mother especially, who started buying me fancy shoes from the time I took baby steps.

Well, it definitely comes as a challenge to act as enemies onscreen when you bond with the opposite person very well off-screen.

My mother has learnt classical singing from renowned artiste Druba Ghosh at Sangeet Mahabharati, a music school. During my vacations, my father would sent me to this same school.

Artists need to be valued. Many of our shows are re-run in other countries. In Hollywood, if a show is being re-run, artists are paid royalty.

My back and shoulders are my strengths. They are well-toned and do not require too much of maintenance.

It's reassuring to have people acknowledge the fact that I can be versatile.

Anytime I get an offer where set is located at such far-off place, I avoid. It leaves me with no personal time.