It was only after three months and a fully vaccinated status that actor Shruti Haasan could gather the courage to step out of her house, amid the ongoing pandemic. “I went to buy groceries. I’m so tired of doing it online. Once vaccinated, I wanted to get some healthy food. I’ve started work too, met my stylist,” she laughs.

The 35-year-old tells us that she took all precautions very seriously and didn’t try to flout any of the rules. “I did it in the earlier lockdown too. It has become the new normal. We have to work as a collective to bring down the numbers (of Covid-19 cases). I was as careful as I could be, in fact even more than the last time,” adds the actor, who will next be seen in the film Salaar.

Point out how some people started jetting off for holidays the moment restrictions eased and Haasan says she’s not here to judge others. However, she does add that people are mistaken if they believe they are evading the virus.

She says, “You are being irresponsible and spreading it. I have been on a set where people were not very careful. One was without a mask, one was unwilling to get tested... This is not a personal opinion. It’s a virus, it can’t be seen. ‘Sabko jaise karna hai karne do, hum apna dekhenge’, aise nahin chalta. Everybody’s actions affect others.”