This is Ms Uberoi's third collaboration with Old World Culture, a New Delhi-based trust, which was formed with a dual purpose. The NGO promotes the arts and strives to "work for good causes on a case-by-case basis". This time, obviously, it is the Gujarat earthquake which takes centrestage. Ms Uberoi says, "I believe in the work being done by this organisation. It is also doing a lot to promote various aspects of culture like art and music.

And they hold workshops for children." This last aspect should interest her considering she works with children, too.

She adds that Going Solo 2 is a collaboration of three directors, Mr Rahul daCunha, Mr Vikram Kapadia and Ms Uberoi herself. They direct three one-act plays whose cast includes, among others, Ms Seema Biswas, Ms Loveleen Mishra and Mr Zafar Karachiwalla. "I could describe Going Solo 2 as a series of 12 monologues, where the actors talks to the audience about certain experiences and moments in their lives. Each monologue turns out to be rather intimate," says Ms Uberoi.

The team had done Going Solo 1 around two years ago, and it became very successful. There was also a series of monologues, though completely by women artistes. "The difference is that this time we have a mix of male and female performers," Ms Uberoi says.

All the characters in Going Solo 2 embody the spirit of Mumbai. "You have an aspiring beauty queen, a junior artiste, a film producer, a nondescript commuter and a teacher. All of them talk about issues that affect them and their survival in the city," Ms Uberoi explains. Isn't she deterred by the fact that the Delhi audience might not identify with, and consequently not appreciate the nuances of the play? "Well, they liked Satya!" she responds immediately and laughs. "Of course, I'm not comparing my play with the film, but I believe the more specific your material becomes to one place the more widely it is understood. And we have performed in Pune. It was appreciated there!" She says, Going Solo 2 will be taken to Chennai and Bangalore, and then Dubai.Ms Uberoi does not exaggerate when she says she has grown up with theatre.

Her debut professional performance was in a Hindi play named Sandhya Chhaya, directed by her mother, veteran theatre personality Vijaya Mehta. "My interest took me to the US where I studied acting, direction, dance and singing. I was assistant director in about 15 productions on and off Broadway," she says. Ms Uberoi has worked with Top Stoppard, Jason Robards, Joyce Carol Oates, Eli Wallach, Mary Steenburgen, Judd Hirsch and Robert Sean Leonard.

Her work in Mumbai has not gone unrecognised either, thanks to her direction of Going Solo 1 and If Wishes Were Horses. Some notable plays she has acted in are Seascape With Sharks and Dancer, Going Solo, The Glass Menagerie and Kabaret.

Now the lady is set to inaugurate a new chapter in her acting career with two English films. "One of them, Everybody Says I'm Fine, is being directed by Mr Rahul Bose and should be released in May. The other is called Mind The Gap, and its director is the noted ad film maker Mr Ram Madhwani. My role in Everybody Says... is that of a socialite who is very rich but has little sense of fine living!" she laughs. That's what acting is about, after all, playing something you're not.