“Sex has become a primal need of every one, so much so that even if you don't really love a person, you can still have a sexual relationship with him or her”

HEMA SHARMA tells JYOTHI VENKATESH

Is the fact that you prefer going in for long walks in the morning that helps you maintain your svelte figure?

I wish I could continue with my daily quota of walking a lot. Because of the lockdown and social distancing, I have discontinued with I my habit of going in for long walks.    

To what extent, do you think that practicing yoga every day is a must for health?

These days, ever since the epidemic set in throwing all our schedules haywire, I have been compelled to take up online yoga classes. It's very good not only for one’s health but also for one’s brain too, as you end up automatically getting a positive attitude. 

Is make up a must to enhance a girl’s beauty?

I’d say any day that beauty is in your skin only. I don't believe in ‘fake’ or artificial beauty or for that matter even cosmetic beauty. 

Okay, which is better- inner beauty or external beauty?

I will prefer to opt any day for inner beauty. If you have inner beauty you can easily enhance your external beauty too, manifolds. But in the film industry, it is very sad but at the same true that we have to have to look more beautiful by our external beauty. But we should not forget at the same time that in future, we will have to come to terms with our own old age  

Why do you prefer vegetarian food in general?

To tell the truth, I don't feel that there is any need to advocate for vegetarian or for that matter vegan diet to everyone. 

How necessary is the internet today?

In today’s times, the internet is doing a yeoman service to humanity especially since we can get appropriate guidance by Google and hence we should use it to gain more knowledge but we should not misuse the net and always use the internet only for the right things in life.

Tell me frankly whether marriage is necessary in today’s times for sex?

In today’s times, I feel that marriage is not necessarily for only sex. Even today a marriage happens only for the sake of societal riwaaz. 

Do you mean to say that there are couples who do not indulge in sex because they are not comfortable with each other or lack the necessary chemistry on the marital bed?

I would not at all hesitate to tell you that nowadays there are a few couples who are not at all in a sexual relationship, even though they are married, only because they are not at all comfortable with each other, but still they prefer to live together. 

Can you name some of your favorite actors in Bollywood?

As I have said also in my previous interview, with you for bollyy.com as well as Mayapuri, I have a very strong connection with Salmanji, which was proved In Dabanng3, though I was visible in the film in the opening scene only. 

And who are your favorite actresses in Bollywood?

I like Vidyaji. I feel that undoubtedly she has always had a special kind of magic in every performance of hers, whether it was in Kahaani or for that matter The Dirty Picture. I also hope that I too am able to weave in the same kind of magic, with not only my acting talent but also my dancing skills and am still awaiting an offer to prove that I have it in me. 

What is your view on the current corona Virus and the COVID 19 epidemic that has created havoc in social life all over the world?

This epidemic corona Virus has changed the entire yug and ended up converting it into Satyug. Everybody today is living his or her life. Nowadays people are contented watching epics like Ramayana and Mahabharat. I have not at all faced a situation as sordid as this before in my life. 

What has this phase taught you as a human being?

This phase has taught me as well as many others that we should not plan too much for our future, for the simple reason that frankly, it's not in our hands. Now we have learned from everyone else in the world from every corner and learnt to always pray to God to please save us. 

What time do you get up nowadays when there is not much work outside home?

At present I have become a little bit lazy girl. I wake up only by 9 am.   

At what time do you go to sleep after completing your daily routine?

I go to sleep every night only by 11 pm. I love to sleep, only because It makes me fresh for next day. I would not hesitate to say that it is actually my beauty secret.      

Do you believe in the concept of virginity?

In today’s times, whether it is a male or for that matter a female, I’d say that nobody is a virgin nowadays. We are living in Kalyug. And now the definition of love has undergone a radical 360 degree change. With physical connection on the increase and more emphasis on the physical connect between male and female as well as male and male or for that matter female and female, known as lesbian relationship . It would not be out of place if I say that sex has become a primal need of every one, so much so that even if you don't really love a person, you can  still have a sexual relationship, especially since the  younger  generation today is more practical and are far more active as far as sexual relationship with no strings is concerned. 

How ready are you to act in web series which require a lot of exposure in terms of skin show and explicit nudity?

I am eagerly waiting to be part of a good web series. But the only hitch is that I want to do good work without explicit nudity and unabashed skin show. 

Are you in favor of kissing in films as well as web series?

Kissing and bold scenes are playing a major role nowadays in not only films but also in web series. i would be ready to act in them provided I am sure that I am actually in the hands of a competent director who knows how to shoot the scenes aesthetically without vulgarity or sleaze Completely depend on director.    

You had made your debut with Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se and followed it up with films like One Day and Dabangg 3. What next?

I am in talks with some producers and directors. I do not want to rush into films right now. I would like to take my steps slowly and steadily and be part of web series as well as feature films where I have substantial roles