India, April 8 -- At 21, she is already way ahead of many A-list stars in terms of Instagram followers. As she nears the 40 million mark, Anushka Sen says it is all indeed overwhelming.

"It means a lot to me. My interactions with my fans is beautiful, they are my extended family. They all literally grew up with me, when I started off as a child. They were also children who grew up with time. I look at them as my army, and the positivity I get them from makes me enter a set so confident and motivated," she gushes.

But there's also the flipside- Sen says some people in the industry can't digest her popularity. "I have realised that sometimes in the workspace, there are people older to you. Sometimes they can't accept it, so it becomes a p...