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Katrina Kaif 

Her home in Mumbai is flooded with flowers and birthday wishes, but Katrina Kaif is far away – not in London, her hometown, this time, but in a little town called Pamplona, in Spain, shooting bull festival sequences! Speaking to us on her birthday this Friday from Spain, where she’s been busy with Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Katrina says life so far has been amazing – a journey of extremes.

You’re working on your birthday? 
Yeah, but it’s good.

You couldn’t go home this time, but how important is it for you to be with your loved ones on your birthday? Are you the sort of person to whom it’s like any other day, even if you have to work? Or would you like to take the day off, celebrate? 
I think I am where I need to be, and I’m with my sisters – they’ve come down from London – so I’m happy! And I’m where I should be; I’m working, and this is where I want to be.

Do you feel a year older? You’ve always been mature and quite a grown up 
I think it feels the same. Every year, you sort of reflect on what has happened, you kind of make resolutions, you have targets and dreams and things you hope for, for the next year. I’ve had a wonderful, wonderful time this year. I’m very happy with the work I’m doing now, and I’m satisfied. So really, you just keep looking forward to doing better work and, umm, and then of course, there’s a life beyond films; you want to keep growing as a person, and be doing the best you can.

Do you have any plans today, after shoot? 
I don’t know, let’s see. I think the producer is taking us all out for dinner.

What category of birthday girl are you? Do you like to bring it in with a loud, wild party or do you prefer a quiet celebration? 
It depends. I think what’s meant to happen, happens. You know, it’s that kind of a thing you don’t plan. We are shooting tomorrow as well, so I don’t think it will be that late at night, but let’s see...

Is a birthday for you also a time to introspect – what you’ve done for a whole year? Do you like to sit back and look at your life as an observer? 
Yes I do, but I don’t think you can ever completely, unbiased-ly look at your life, because you’re the one who’s in it, and you’re living it. But you just need to try and know that you’re doing the best that you can, and I think it’s also important to try and correct yourself. It’s not that you should always think that everything you’re doing is right, you should try and see where you can do better, and be better, and you need to think positively, and think about the things you want in life. If you are positive, and you picture what you want, then that’s what comes to you. 

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