India, June 15 -- Rakul Preet Singh's entire life has been shaped by the fact that she is an Army kid. Her father Col (Veteran) Kulvinder Singh served in the Regiment of Artillery, the Arm which fires long range guns, rockets & missiles.

Today, on the occasion of Father's Day, she looks back on her formative years with fondness, even though her father would have to be away at a stretch sometimes for duty, "I grew up in the cantonment, so everyone you know is an Army kid. You think that's a way of life, you don't know any better as a kid. Everyone's father is visiting for a month or a weekend. There would be field postings and peace postings. You become so strong emotionally," she shares.

Rakul also remembers how the distance never meant...