POPULAR ACTRESS EMOTIONAL, "LOST A FRIEND OF OURS TO COVID-19. SOMEBODY WHO HAD ABSOLUTELY NO HEALTH ISSUES"

“From the time that we last saw our friend, he was literally gone in 17 days; and if nothing else, it made me realise that I’m refusing to put my life on hold, waiting for this to pass and then deciding to pick it up and live it. You have no guarantees in life! We are all healthy today, praise God. However, you don’t know what tomorrow holds. I don’t know what the situation will be three or five weeks or a month from now, when this lockdown is lifted. So, life really is ‘right now’ and you must make the best of it, which means laughing, loving and having a great time,” she further said.

She also spoke about how her daughter planned to make her birthday special, "Right now it’s just the three of us – Mahesh (Bhupathi; her husband, former professional tennis player), Saira and me — and I’ve promised Saira the best lockdown birthday party ever! So, she is in charge of all the decorations, and she has decided to bake brownies, and God knows what not. We just pulled out all the old birthday decorations that we have had from her previous parties, which Saira has hung over our living room; she has also found some hats and birthday whistles. We have figured out how to get a cake from someone who is delivering cakes... I’m happy that we are healthy!”