'Like most of today's kids, Sikander didn't really ask our permission to join films. It was his decision,' Kher said about Sikander, whose pipeline projects include Woodstock Villa and Summer of 2007.

Asked about her future plans, the ace actor said she was open to different roles, even on the small screen provided it interested her enough.

'But you will never see me in the serials!' she said.

In the photograph: Sikander Kher in a still from Woodstock Villa