It's an unusual tale -- a housewife, angry that her husband and kids have forgotten her birthday, decides to spend the whole day with a stranger. The twist in the tale? He turns out to be a criminal and she falls in love with him.
 
Patcy N speaks to Shefali Shah, who plays the frustrated housewife, Madhu, in Kucch Luv Jaisaa to find out what she's been up to in real life.  Read on to know more.  Is it true you spent a day with a criminal in jail to help you play the character of Madhu better?

Yes, it is. At the end of day, when you are working in a film, you are working with a co-actor and you are in a safe zone. We live a secure and protected life and have never really gone out of our comfort zone. I wanted to know what it felt like to be with a person who completely unnerves and intimidates you, who has a completely different point of view.
 
It is easy to watch television and express shock at the tsunami that happened in Japan, but we will never know what being there when it happened was like because we were not there, thank God.  It was mainly about breaking my comfort zone and being on completely shaky ground, about going to live with a person with whom you are not connected.
 
How was the whole experience?  To begin with it was very daunting, very intimidating, scary, unnerving. But once I interacted with him, I realised he was just like someone you would interact with on a train. You begin to see that person on a human level.