Former Miss India Nikeeta Anand is looking forward to acting in her debut film in Bollywood. And she has plans to buy big when she makes big money, says P Tharyan.

“I love luxury cars. Some day soon, I’ll go in for an S-class.”

I must confess that I had mentally prepared myself to meet the beautiful Miss India Nikeeta Anand for this popular page when I got an email from her informing me that she was shifting base to Mumbai. “Maybe you could ask someone from your Mumbai office to interview me there...” she suggested. I could feel the world around me come crashing down.
In a ‘man-eat-man’ world, I could not even imagine my colleague Vardhan Kondvikar walking up to her for an interview with a Don Juan swagger and a triumphant smile on his lips. I had to act fast. Furiously fast. Yet another email zipped across and the appointment was mine.
Nikeeta’s got her goals and aspirations in perfect order. When she bagged the much- coveted ‘Miss India’ title in 2003, she may have been a simple and charming person with stars in her eyes. Two years down the line, Nikita has become Nikeeta and is confident that all the celestial forces and astrological predictions will make her acting dreams come true in India’s hot spot of glamour and fame — Bollywood.
It’s when money begins raining for Nikeeta that she’s determined to buy a luxury car, of sinking into a luxurious backseat and enjoying the crowded world go by. “I am very fond of luxury cars. I will wait for them to come to me. There’s no hurry. I know I will get it,” she says with a gritty determination.
“I would love to own ultra- luxury cars, like the Mercedes S-class or a convertible. I am not crazy about cars but am really fond of them. The first thing I’ll do when I shift base to Mumbai is to buy a Honda City. The Santro is not really mine, it was given by my dad,” she candidly admits.
Nikeeta is not too fond of driving. “I am a spoilt person. I have a driver and I prefer it that way,” she says, explaining that driving on Delhi and Mumbai roads can be extremely exhausting. She is petrified by rush-hour traffic but when it comes to driving on a long, clean and lonely stretches, she would not mind being behind the wheel of a car. “It’s okay to drive fast, but remember the line ‘Speed thrills but kills’. Everybody should know the limits when it comes to driving fast,” she sermons.
Nikeeta is critical about the chaotic conditions on the roads in the country’s metros. “In Delhi people tend to overtake from all sides. Nobody believes in lane discipline which disrupts traffic and makes things quite chaotic at times,” she notes. Mumbai is no different, she says. “This city is equally bad when it comes to traffic. Once it took me an hour and a half going from Andheri East to Andheri West. I wouldn’t like to drive in such traffic conditions. I like being driven around always and I will continue being spoilt,” she adds with a mischievous smile.
Being an army officer’s daughter, Nikeeta has had her share of being driven around in rugged Jongas and Jeeps. Though she enjoyed her days in those vehicles, cars are what make this five-foot-eight-inch-tall lady feel comfortable. She fondly reminisces about the days after winning the Miss India crown in 2003. As a brand ambassador, she had to travel to Dubai where she visited a Bentley showroom only to find the snazzy Bentley Continental GT being launched. “I was even driven around in it and it was a wonderful experience,” she recalls. The opulence and the comfort of the Bentley did her in and now she is determined to buy a big luxurious car.
Back home she has her eyes set on a few cars including the Skoda Octavia, Honda City and a Mercedes. With an acting career hardly an arm’s length away, it won’t be long before Nikeeta will soon be ensconced in her choice of car. With success in Bollywood comes a pay packet as thick as a VIP suitcase!