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<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Ishaa Koppikar</span>, Actress, On surviving heartbreaks and carrying on with her career<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">How did you deal with heartbreak after breaking up with a co-star?</span><br /><br />With moral support from my family and friends, I managed to cope. It took me almost two years to come out of it.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">What about love on the rebound?</span><br /><br />I think that a relationship on the rebound is the worst escape route. It''s best to get rid of all one''s emotional baggage while getting into a new relationship. At the moment, I am completely in love with myself. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Did heartbreak change you?</span><br /><br />Most definitely, yes. I am no more answerable to anybody except to my family and this gives me freedom. I have grown up as a person. Anyway, I have no plans to get married in the near future. I want to focus on my career and make it big.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">What''s the scene with your career?</span><br /><br />Last year, Khallas set the ball rolling. This year, I have half a dozen films lined up, including Krishna Cottage, Inteqam and Humrahi.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">How well do you gel with co-stars?</span><br /><br />During shoots, I am at the receiving end of jokes. For instance, when we were shooting for Ishq Samandar, Sanjay Dutt got women members of the crew to dress up as cops and reprimand me on wearing skimpy clothes! Then, while shooting in Scotland for Pyaar, Ishq Aur Mohobbat, Arjun Rampal changed the language of my cell to Arabic! <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">What''s up beyond Bollywood?</span><br /><br />My romantic link with an industrialist is a rumour. Why can''t there be friendship with no strings attached?</div> </div>