“I Would Love To Work with Kartik Aaryan,”Miss Femina India Nandini Gupta Speaks To Subhash K Jha

Hello Nandini, from Kota to the world, your life  must have changed completely during the last ten days?

 I am  still in a daze. Oh yes, it is definitely  going to be  a completely different  life for me. I  am looking  forward  to what lies ahead for me.

Let’s  do  a quick flashback to  the  time your name was announced as Miss Femina India? How did it feel?

To be honest,it was  a moment that is  yet to register.  Before the announcement there was so much uncertainty in my mind and so much nervousness…Even if  there were other winners I’d have been happy for them. But the whole uncertainty was  ery difficult.Even after  my name was announced  I couldn’t believe  it.Even  as  I returned  home after winning,  it still didn’t register that I  had won this crown.

You must have been in a daze?

Yes! I just couldn’t believe it.It took time for me to realize what I had achieved.

 Now what  are your plans? Do  you see this crown as  a responsibility toward family country and  yourself?

 Oh yes,most definitely this  prestigious crown comes with a big responsibility.I see it as  an opportunity for growth, not only for myself  but also as  a representative of India . I see  this as  a chance  for me to make my country  proud.

 Have  you become  very selfconscious as you are being watched all the time?

No I don’t feel that. I am the same 19-year old. It’s just that I’ve a different lifestyle now. I’ve a different time to wake  up and a different time to sleep. Otherwise,nothing has changed. The  19-year old within me is  very much alive.

Good please keep her alive.  Do you see yourself heading for Bollywood sometime soon?

If I get  opportunities(to act in Bollywood films) then why not?I will take every opportunity that this crown has given me. Why would I say not to anything that I haven’t even explored?

One  of your judges was Kartik Aaryan. What  was it like  interacting with him?

Oh, it was beautiful. He is  someone I had seen on screen. And then  to see him in real. And   so normal and  down-to-earth.  In fact Kartik and  Bhumi Pednekar and the presenters Ananya Pandey and   Manish Paul made  my time on stage less anxiety-filled.

Do you look forward to  working with Kartik?

Oh yes, of course why not! If the opportunity comes, I’d love to.

What  are your immediately plans?

Just to  finish college to  do the things I always wanted to, to see the places I  want to…