Manisha on a spiritual trip

It was on the sets of her forthcoming film Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De at Fort Aguada, Goa that we meet the fiery Manisha Koirala after her long hiatus.

 “I’m a changed person now. I feel happy always. I was very outspoken before. That made me land into a lot of problems. I shot my mouth off, which made me a person of controversies,” Manisha says. “But now I’m keeping to myself. I think before talking. I have had enough of controversies. I’m in no mood to get into any more.”

But what has brought in this change? “It’s my love for spirituality. I’ve done this Oneness course. It’s a 21-day programme that has taught me how to enjoy life and be happy even though  things around you may be bad,” she says.

And why did you take a sabbatical? “I was overworked. I was also very disinterested in those projects. That reflected in the kind of films I chose and in my acting. I wanted to run away from what I was doing. I was not enjoying it. I took a long break. I saw places, travelled a lot and got the focus back.”

So can we say that you are staging your comeback? “Well I never retired in the first place. I took a break and I’m back with this film. I have good commercial and art house film offers. I want to work now. The hunger to perform and regain the position I had is back.”

Were you so disinterested that you even ignored your fitness? “Yes, I mean there is nothing left in life when you don’t enjoy it. I neglected myself and I neglected my work. I suffered for it. But now, I’m paying a lot of attention to my health and career,” she ends.
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