Anupama Chopra sits down with Parvathy Thiruvothu for InFocus, as the National Award-winning actor marks 20 years in cinema with a remarkable run of work - Ajitpal Singh's Prime Video thriller series Storm, Nissam Basheer's I, Nobody opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran, and an upcoming Don Palathara directorial with Dileesh Pothan. Reflecting on the journey from being told at the start that her shelf life would be six to seven years to standing at the most fertile creative moment of her career, Parvathy talks about choosing humanity over clout, the cost and courage of being both actor and activist, and why her body - not her mind - has been her north star. In an unguarded, deeply personal conversation, Parvathy opens up about doing four projects between November and now, the freedom of working with Ajitpal on Storm and Nissam's stylised approach on I, Nobody, her long-gestating directorial debut written by Disha and Dhanya, and Anjali Menon's advice to take up pottery as preparation for direction. She speaks about 10 years of the Women in Cinema Collective and the long fight for policy change in the wake of the Hema Committee report, the death of her friend, her Journal Journey community on Instagram, and what it means to rewrite desirability on her own terms after two decades.