India, April 25 -- Indian-German singer Shweta Shetty became a '90s pop star for tracks like Deewane To Deewane Hain, Rukmani Rukmani (Roja, 1994) and Mangta Hai Kya (Rangeela, 1995). In her 20s at the time, she also challenged the industry norm of light skin, straight hair, and soft vocals with her dusky complexion, curly hair, toned body and husky voice. "At shootings, the make-up artist would try to whiten me, and I would end up looking like a ghost. So I learnt how to do my own make-up," she tells us. This extended to her clothes, too! While pop stars would typically dress up in sarees, she broke down stereotypes in jeans and talk tops. "When the album Johnny Joker came out in 1993, it was a break for people who did not dress in saris, because that was the look pop stars were expected to have those days. I was politely asked to wear decent clothes for my interviews, but I wore jeans and a tank top that they thought was too tight," she laughs. At the peak of her popularity, she married her now ex-husband Clemens Brandt and moved to Germany in 1997. "Artistes have a cold, stern, business-like exterior, but true artistes also have the most sensitive, breakable hearts. I fell in love; he was from Germany, so I had to change base. I was enjoying being a wife and was never ambitious." Now, she is set to make her comeback show in Mumbai and looks forward to collaborating with contemporary artistes like Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh, Badshah and Yo Yo Honey Singh....