India, Sept. 27 -- Actor Rakshanda Khan, who turns 50 on September 27, embraces her age without reservation. She says, "It's brilliant to be here, bhai mein 50 hoon toh hoon. And there's nothing wrong with being so." She views reaching this milestone as an achievement, explaining, "For me it's proof that I managed to master these many years of being myself and that for me is an achievement. Aur mein issko nakarna nahi chahti hoon."

On the trend of calling 50 the new 40, the actor says she doesn't believe in living in denial. "Why to call it new this new that," she quips. For Radika, aging is a beautiful process. "Aging is a beautiful way of nature telling you that you arrived on your own terms and conditions, with bowing to bad health or...