But rather than being extremely critical of his performances, she likes to watch his work like a regular audience.

'I am content to be just a mother to all my children. When I see a film, I see it as any other audience member. I react as an audience. If I feel there are issues with make-up or dialogue delivery, I tell him and he listens to them. But I believe in constructive criticism. So I give suggestions that they can build on, not something that they can't do anything about,' she clarified.

While Saif branched out from being just an actor to being a producer for his last release 'Love Aaj Kal', Sharmila doubts his ability to manage financial issues.

'I can't really give Saif the credit for being a producer. He may have contributed to the creative side of it, but the rest was all done by his partner Dinu (Dinesh Vijan). Saif doesn't have the patience or inclination to manage finance. He doesn't understand the concept of money. Dinesh is the one who kept it all within the budget and did a very credible job,' she said.

As of now, Sharmila, who is married to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, is hoping for a family reunion soon as it's been a long time since they have all met at one place.

'Such a meeting where all of us are together has to be impromptu. Sometimes if Saif can come, Soha can't as she can't dictate terms to her producers. But we see them individually. We met Saif at Interlaken some time back. All of us together is a little difficult but we might manage it soon as we have a wedding coming up in the family,' said Sharmila, who was recently seen in Amol Palekar's Marathi film 'Samaantar'.

(Radhika Bhirani can be contacted at radhika.b@ians.in)