Priya Gupta (BOMBAY TIMES; July 31, 2014)

We all know what a fine actor Paresh Rawal is. What we don't know is that when you call him on his mobile number, he picks up each call as he has chosen not to have a secretary. Not only does he double up as his secretary, but sometimes he also changes his voice to a girl's voice.

Confirming this to us, he said, “I don't have a secretary. I had a secretary in 1997, who was a nice guy but his way of management and perspective was different from mine. With regards to money, he was very clean and there was no hanky-panky, but he just had lower managerial abilities. Since then, I am looking after my own work. I will pick up the phone even if it is an unidentified number. I have to pick it up as it could turn out to be someone who I want to talk to. So just to be guarded, I change my voice. Thodi bahut acting ki practice bhi ho jaati hai.“