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Aarti Chabria: I was hardly 7-8 years old when I met Rekhaji in Film City, my nani(grandmother) used to live close by, One day I got a chance to meet her as she was leaving and I ran behind her car, screaming I want to meet you, and she gifted me a Dairy Milk Chocolate. When I first got my debut film, I got to work with Rekha Ji in my first scene. She is a real actor, and she is someone whom I look up to in terms of performance other than that, my favorite actress is of course always going to be Madhuri Dixit. Without a filmy background, pulling the right string and being in the right circle is tough. For me, it is more about how I have to choose from what I get and I am very selective because I am not the kind of person who takes up any role just to be in the rolling, people say 'Out of s
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