Updated On: 16 April, 2020 01:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Former Miss Universe and today's birthday girl Lara Dutta opens up on the special plans on this special day and how one should live life to the fullest!

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It's the birthday of former Miss Universe Lara Dutta and it's only on this special day that she has realised why it's very vital to living our lives to the fullest. This realisation came after she lost a friend to Coronavirus who was not even unhealthy or unwell at any point in time. She also spilled the beans on how she plans to bring in this special day.
Speaking to Hindustan Times, the actress said, "We lost a friend of ours in mid-March to Covid-19. He was somebody who had absolutely no health issues, so it wasn't one of those stories where you think that coronavirus only attacks old people or anything like that." She added, "From the time that we last saw our friend, he was literally gone in 17 days; and if nothing else, it made me realise that I'm refusing to put my life on hold, waiting for this to pass and then deciding to pick it up and live it."