Aruna Irani, a versatile actress who has acted in more than 500 films still brims with enthusiasm as she recollects her experience as a child actress, and her time in theatre and language films. In a candid interview with Smita Prakash, Aruna Irani describes her life, her entry into Bollywood, her struggles and how she dealt with the issue of typecasting. She goes on to speak about her relationship with Mehmood and why she feels he was responsible for her downfall. She recounts some incidents on the sets with Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan. She also reveals for the first time the poignancy of being ‘married’ to an already married man, Kuku Kohli.
