As for the charm factor, the woman can pump it up to astonishing levels on demand. It’s this quality that probably had Roshan senior smitten during the casting days of Hrithik’s first film. "Duggu (Hrithik Roshan) was so shy; he just summoned a thumbs-up on seeing me," she giggles. Puri seems to have fallen under the same spell too. Even the staff at Bottega yield to her alluring appeals, keeping the store open past deadline so we can race through bustling Paris traffic and pant our way to the pay counter, where her latest purchase sits wrapped and ready to be paraded.

The universe is definitely in tune with Ameesha at the moment. She knows it. And she revels in the knowledge of it.