/> "Dhyaan is the best way to overcome all stress," says Kangana who has taken to meditation in a big way.

"Suddenly I feel so much lighter. I'm able to focus on conversations better. So many times the person in front of us doesn't get our attention because we're too busy elsewhere in our own minds. Even in my shots I'm able to focus better. I recommend meditation for all actors."

The urgent need to meditate was dictated by the recent trauma in Kangana's family. "Luckily my sister is on the way to complete recovery. Earlier this week her eye was operated on for membrane moistness. Now her face is fine and she's all set for her wedding. Rangoli is now sitting at home with a bandaged eye.

She needs me now more than ever. Fortunately for me I've no shooting until 14 November. So I've lots of time to spend with my sister....and to meditate."

Kangana is having a whale of a time shooting for Anurag Basu's Metro. "When I did Gangster with him we both had a point to prove. Anurag was just out of a terrible illness craving to go. I was raw and new. I didn't even know what I was doing. Now in Metro I'm far more aware of camera angles, etc."

There was this story about her bare back being visible to the public during the shooting of Metro. "I was shooting on the 14th floor in a very low-cut dress. That's it. Please tell me how onlookers fourteen floors below could see my back. I seem to be landing up in some story or the other without even trying."

Her second release Woh Lamhe bombed. But Kangana is very proud of the film. "I wish it had done better. My director Mohit Suri and I worked really hard on it. We wanted to bring out the poignancy and terror of schizophrenia, as shown in A Beautiful Mind.

But somewhere that got lost. But I'll always be proud of Woh Lamhe, though Gangster will remain more special because a first film is like first love. You never forget it. And I'll always cherish my association with the Bhatts. Without them I'd be nowhere.

I played a far less troubled character in Suneel Darshan's Shaka Laka Boom Boom and the same is true in Anurag Basu's Metro. "