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Anchal Kumar: Model Extraordinaire
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 Eight years is a long time in any industry and in the Fashion industry it can add up to decades if you're one of India's top super-models. Anchal Kumar can boast of working with the elite in the Fashion industry and has completed countless television ads, and numerous runway shows. The youngest of four girls, Anchal grew up in a comfortable upper middle class life-style in upscale Mumbai.
Upon first meeting she re-defines one's epitome of beauty as she displays a keen intellectual acumen, a clean spirit and a humorous joie de vivre. Shaaditimes caught up with the model in between her hectic schedule following a whirlwind of Fashion shows at LFW in Mumbai last week, and a stint in Madhur Bandharkar's magnum opus ''Fashion''.
Anchal loves life, love, and the love of life.
On love...
''Basically it is a commitment of trust and unconditional respect towards the other. If one feels the same at home as you do when you're one with The One, then no individual or individuals can divide you and your love.''
On lust...
An actual physical attraction of bodies, souls and hearts. At first glance - a simple infatuation.
On envy...
Is different in each individual's vocabulary, and is subject to interpretation as each individual looks at both sides of envy. Envy can bring out the best in you and can also be one's greatest downfall as it can eat away at your emotions if you're always looking over the fence to see where the grass is greener.
On jealousy...
Yes, it does exist everywhere especially for people vying for attention. It can exist between friends, colleagues... it depends on you on how you decide to react or not to react to the situation. It's in every part of this world and something we all have to live with.
On 'Fashion' the movie. What's it like to step off the ramp onto the big screen?
"It was wonderful to work in such a brilliant movie as Fashion especially with Priyanka (Chopra). We were working together after many years as we both started our modelling careers around the same time," she remembers. And adds, "Priyanka was really sweet. She is still down to earth and hasn't changed in any way. She met me well."
On a model's view of a woman's beauty. Is it more than skin deep?
According to Anchal, "Beauty is as individual as the one that is trying to find, notice, accept, or appreciate another's beauty." She observes, "I think there is a stereo-type given to models which isn't accurate. Models are people and usually come from good backgrounds. I think because the career is short-lived, glamorous and lucrative, people forget that many models are educated and intelligent in their own way."
She continues, "Beauty can not be assessed according to just physical traits... like whether you have long hair, or are fair, or have a luscious body. All of these do add up to the oomph quotient but do not necessarily add up to that emotional quotient which is just as important in the formula for beauty," believes Anchal.
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