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When Ajay was shooting 'U, Me Aur Hum,' I helped him out with the production. It was a great learning experience being behind the camera.
Acting is one such profession where, unless you are admitted to the hospital, you have to continue to shoot even if you are injured or ill.
I don't have any characteristics that are usually associated with a villain. Like I am not tall, broad-framed or have any scars on my face.
I don't think that 'Just Mohabbat' or 'Tarzan' were a hindrance. 'Tarzan' didn't do well at the box office but I would say the kids loved it.
Ishita is not an early riser, but I get up early and I need my breakfast when I am up so instead of waking her, I said, let me learn how to cook.
I remember that during 'Ek Hasina Thi,' a fan of the show had a king-size poster of me in her bedroom, which she would attack after every episode!
I might not be a great cook when I am preparing something for myself, but when it comes to cooking for others, somehow my cooking skills are at their best.
What I love about Salman bhai is that he's one superstar minus any ego. And you see people around, who haven't achieved much in life, yet their ego is too strong.
While I was always on the leaner side, producer-actor Sohail Khan made me realise the importance of following a diet and a proper work out session to keep in shape.
Certain things which were happening in the industry needed to be corrected or stopped. There were a lot of people who were taking undue advantage and exploiting young talents.
For me, I have always looked for a challenging look and I genuinely don't look at the length of the role. All that matters to me is what I am doing and adding to the character.
I do not just follow fashion for the sake of it with people telling me 'this is not the colour of the season or this is a summer collection.' I don't pick my clothes on that basis.
It's for 'Haasil' that finally I got to do a lot of water surfing. Kabir Raichand, my character performs surfing and to do it accurately, I had undergone a crash course in Mauritius.
While I am open to doing a Gujarati film, I don't want to be a part of anything stereotypical. It has to be something out of the box, if something like that comes up, I will surely do it.
In 'Heroes,' Sohail bhai and I play friends travelling together. He put me so much at ease I forgot I was years younger than him. We actually became buddies as we travelled together through the film.
I have been part of 'Gehraiyaan' and I must say it is great to be part of pocket-content for the only reason that the feedback is instant. Also, the audience is evolved and mature enough to embrace bold and progressive content.
My character Kabir Raichand in 'Haasil' is quite a brat. It's a very naughty character... very impulsive. He does a lot of things without thinking and then realises that 'oops I messed it up.' But he is very clean hearted, straight forward and a nice guy.
Look at Kartik Aaryan, Ayushmann Khurrana - they aren't from the industry, they worked very hard. Varun Dhawan is a great actor. I know how hard he works on his craft and even in the gym, so you can't ignore that and just talk about him being a director's son.
From 'Just Mohabbat' to my Bollywood movie 'Tarzan - The Wonder car,' I still get messages from fans saying that they are watching my movie. And then when I made a comeback with 'Ek Hasina Thi' as a villain, people enjoyed it as well. Even my wife Ishita loves that show.
In an industry where actors are known to steal scenes and roles from under your nose Sohail bhai has been going out of his way to be good to me. It's true he got me Subhash Ghai's 'Paying Guest.' The role was offered to Sohail bhai. When he couldn't do it, he recommended me.