India, Sept. 10 -- It's been 15 years in the industry for Sonakshi Sinha, who made her debut with Dabangg on this day in 2010, but she says it doesn't feel like it. "Until someone reminds me, I forget it's been so long. It feels like I made my debut just yesterday," the actor laughs. Sharing the secret behind her survival, Sonakshi says, "I treat every film like my first. I think that's what has kept me around all this while." Dabangg is one of the few Hindi film franchises that has maintained the same female lead across installments. Does she see that as an achievement? "I never thought of it that way because it's the same characters that you're following throughout the series, so it will make no sense if you change the actor," the 38-year-old explains, adding, "I understand if Chulbul Pandey (played by actor Salman Khan) went to America for a new adventure, but even then, Rajjo got married to him in the first part, so saath mein hi leke jayega usko bhi." Yet, some films have replaced the female lead, even after she married the hero in earlier parts. To that, she answers, "That's why those movies didn't make sense. If they worked, it's probably because the film itself was good." Recently, she wasn't a part of the sequel to her 2012 film Son of Sardaar, where actor Mrunal Thakur played the lead. Addressing her absence, she says, "From what I could see, with Son of Sardaar 2, they went abroad, so the same character might not have been part of the story. You can't feel offended just for the sake of it. You have to be practical and treat each film as a separate project."...