As Simi celebrates her birthday on October 17, I recall her words from an old interview with me where she said, ” I don’t like my birthday to be an occasion for fanfare. In fact I hate it when too much fuss is made about it. I spend my birthday at home close to the people who matter to me. That’s the way I like it.”Known to be an incurable reclusive Simi spoke about her reluctance to be in the limelight: “I’m a very private person. Even the New Years’ are spent away from crowds, though there would be some friends whom I like bringing in the new year with.”About her age, she joked, “How old am I? Well…on a bad day I feel 23. On a good day I feel 17. Today is obviously a good day. I look back on my life with much satisfaction. I’ve never been satisfied with doing just one thing. I was never only an actress, or a tv anchor or whatever. And when people said I was ahead of my times I took it as a compliment. It meant I was doing things that weren’t in vogue. “Her favourite roles? “As an actress many people remember me by Mera Naam Joker to this day. For others I’m more the conniving evil woman in Karz and for the rest I may be the mysterious woman in Conrad Rooks’ Siddharth or in Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri … When I took to tv with It’s A Woman’s World I never thought it would be so fulfilling. Rendezvous With Simi Garewal has been my most fulfilling endeavour.”
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