India, April 2 -- Divya Dutta began her journey in Bollywood as a teenager. Barely 16 when she debuted with Ishq Mein Jeena Ishq Mein Marna, the actor gained prominence with the 1999 Punjabi film Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh. But she admits that for years, work was hard to come by. At this juncture, success came to her after Veer Zaara and Divya was flooded with offers. She ended up signing as many as 20 films, but only to return the money for many of them after a conversation with Aditya Chopra. In a conversation with Hindustan Times, Divya talks about her career and why she has prioritised quality over quantity now.

Divya reminisces about the beginning of her journey in films in the mid-90s. "I felt out of place," she admits, "For me...