We've been living with security since the first extortion calls came six months ago. We go out with gunmen. It's strange to have strangers as your shadow. On our anniversary, Vinod and I saw American Beauty with Vilas, the bodyguard. When the actress took off her shirt, I wondered what Vilas was thinking.
Guns are normal in Bollywood.
When I visited the sets of Mission Kashmir , it was hard to tell which ones were real and which fake. It was surreal. The offices of leading filmmakers have become high-security enclosures with cameras, steel doors and bored policemen with guns. When the calls first came, we joked that we were now part of the A-list. I'm very far away from all of it.