Himani Shivpuri

Theatre is my passion and first love for it is in this medium that I get to feel human-to-human contact.

— Himani Shivpuri

Serials are for money, movies are for eternity and theatre is for self- satisfaction.

— Himani Shivpuri

The stage is my first love. It gives me immense self-satisfaction, a sort of power because a stage actor carries the audience…

— Himani Shivpuri

I like shopping for ethnic wear.

— Himani Shivpuri

I am proud to be a daughter of the mountains.

— Himani Shivpuri

Pranayama and yoga are the most essential exercises and I make sure that I sleep sufficiently.

— Himani Shivpuri

My diet has seasonal fruits along with ragi and joyari rotis. I am also trying to focus on a lot of organic…

— Himani Shivpuri

As an actor, the whole process of shooting for movie or television is so artificial though the final product may be extremely…

— Himani Shivpuri

I have no idea how I got COVID-19.

— Himani Shivpuri

I enjoy working with Doon's talented, young actors and also get to learn from them.

— Himani Shivpuri

I was pretty good at studies and when I had come to NSD for my interview, I'd lied that I have got…

— Himani Shivpuri

Theatre offers live interaction with the audience, unlike in movies and TV serials.

— Himani Shivpuri

I willingly gave up many assignments in films, TV and endorsements, which were far more economically lucrative, for the sake of theatre…

— Himani Shivpuri

I cannot stand watching daily soaps that have a lot of rona-dhona and unrealistic drama in them.

— Himani Shivpuri

In the West, they have morality. We pretend to be moral people but we are not. We do not have a moral…

— Himani Shivpuri

No matter how creatively satisfying theatre might be, it is a poorly-paid medium, which is sad.

— Himani Shivpuri

You either get to play a vicious mother-in-law who hates the bahu, or makkhis and naagins. There is no creative satisfaction in…

— Himani Shivpuri

The most challenging part of being an actor is that every time you play a character, you have to start from ground…

— Himani Shivpuri

It is the women who get targeted because the society will point fingers at them.

— Himani Shivpuri

I am a shopaholic and Delhi is a Mecca for me.

— Himani Shivpuri

A story should be good and characters should be well-rounded.

— Himani Shivpuri

Theatre especially in Hindi is not enough to help an artiste in earning a livelihood.

— Himani Shivpuri

I joined the National School of Drama in the 1980s and for anyone who joins the NSD, they eat, sleep and breathe…

— Himani Shivpuri

Whenever the hero and heroines met, they couldn't go beyond a point. They would just hold hands and consummation or kissing would…

— Himani Shivpuri

I get offers where I'm either asked to play the villainous saas or the maa who just wants to get her daughters…

— Himani Shivpuri