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I don't know what 'star wife' means: Farhan Akhtar's wife

She calls herself his lucky charm, since Farhan was still writing the script for Dil Chahta Haiwhen they first met. Since then, her husband has shot into the limelight not just as a director and writer, but as the quintessential A-list 'movie star'. Did she have to work especially hard at being the star wife? "No, I think it has been a natural progression of our lives together. I have not experienced any other way, so that's all I can say. We've both done the best we can in the fields we've chosen. Fortunately, we've both been successful at what we've done. We've supported each other through that. His role is much more open and in the public view that mine has ever been. And he's much better at handling that than me. So, it's best that it worked out that way."

When the subject of hairstyling comes up, she reveals her inner geek - shelling out scientific data, along with terms like 'education' and 'revolution'. "I don't know if you know this, but the hair growth pattern is as individual as a fingerprint. That's what makes everyone's hair unique," she says.

But does the rest of the world take hairstyling or hairstylists as seriously as she does? "When I was studying in the UK - that was a time when hairdressing, even there, was not looked upon as a profession. In India, we were a lot behind the West in terms of development of this industry. YES, it was hard to not be taken seriously as a professional, or as an artiste. But I think a lot of names in the hairdressing industry, myself included, have worked collectively to change that," she says.
"When I left the UK, there was a salon on every street corner and it has kind of lost its charm. We (in India) are a long way from reaching there. There was a revolution that had happened there. Vidal Sassoon is a very big inspiration for hairdressers worldwide. Because he focused on a very strong foundation of education and he revolutionized hairdressing in the UK. People were wearing their hair in bouffants then. He was the first guy who did a cut that could be washed and left. Since then, a revolution of that sort has never happened. That's something I'd like to create here," says the hairstylist, who is currently working on the show, "B Blunt" that will feature her giving makeovers to people.

Her love affair with hairstyling that began at 14, is still going strong and she assures us that they will never ever break up. In fact, when asked if she'd like to dabble in any other career after having dipped her toes in TV waters, she says, "There are a lot of things I'd like to do in life. I am very focused where my profession is concerned but outside of that... I don't think I will ever leave hairdressing. In some way, shape or form, I will be connected with it. There are many other things I'd like to explore, not as a profession, but things I'd like to do. Travel. Sketch. Sports. I like being outdoors. But professionally, I think it will always be related to hair."