Asha Parekh is a prime example of redefining herself with time. When lead roles stopped coming her way, for a while Parekh flirted with character roles but the dynamics were different and not comfortable. She opted out of the race and embraced new opportunities. She was already a film distributor and now launched her own production house. Gradually she turned a director and in time to come, was ready to shoulder bigger responsibilities. She headed CINTAA (Cinema & Television Artistes Association) and was chairperson, CBFC (Censor Boarad Film Certification) and in the meantime, her personal commitments to her own hospital and to the extended medical institutions she was attached with continued.
From Asha Parekh I learnt that you have to embrace all the challenges that come your way and find a way to conquer them.