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I am a tikka lover.
I was a huge fan of Hrithik Roshan.
I can't cook to save my life. I'm a disaster.
At home, our focus has always been academics and playing.
When people say I've become a star, it takes time to sink in.
With every film, my confidence gets boosted; I feel motivated.
Anurag sir and I have had a beautiful journey as human beings.
I don't take very calculated decisions. I just follow my heart.
I feel there's a halo around me, a constant sunshine wherever I go.
People would be amazed that I've grown up in Bombay and not Banaras.
Acting between action and cut is temporary. The result is permanent.
'Raazi,' for me, is a human story - it's much more than just a spy thriller.
I wasn't the star-obsessed person. I never wanted to meet stars at film sets.
A hero could be anyone who does something heroic, irrespective of the gender.
The biggest validation comes from my parents, because they know me in and out.
When you get to work with a good director, an actor's job gets reduced to half.
Love is not complicated; people are, and that is changing the perception of love.
Love hasn't changed, and it never will, no matter what kind of a society we become.
I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays.
I believe a lot in energies, and I feel that everyone's energies synced in 'Masaan.'
I don't categorise cinema at all. If I am doing this, that means I am limiting myself.
Working with Anurag sir was always a dream. He is the person I started my journey with.
For me, a film is a film, and I just want to be part of good stories to grow as an actor.
As a kid, I grew up watching movies in the cinema, so that dream and charm will never die.
I would want to believe that every film I do turns out to be the turning point of my career.
I did engineering, and when people asked me my career plans, I used to say I would do an MBA.
I was just a regular kid who was interested in studying, playing cricket, and watching movies.
We are conditioned to believe that the hero is always a man, but it might not necessarily be so.
I aspire to be a part of a good story, because then, the actor will automatically shine through.
I will keep working hard in future as well so that audience will keep showering their love upon me.
However good an actor may be, he can't make a scene believable on his own, so it has to be a team work.
I don't label films or actors, and labelling means setting boundaries. Why do you want to do that to art?
For me, the story must be the hero of the film. The screen space or the length of my role does not matter.
During my engineering days, we were taken for an industrial visit. I realised that I can't do a regular job.
Cinema is a director's medium; it's his story and his vision. If it's a good story, people will connect to it.
I was born in a 10x10 room of a chawl, and we shared a common bathroom with other people in the neighbourhood.
One rule which applies to every role is that you have to surrender yourself to the director with an empty slate.
Whatever understanding I have of filmmaking is because of my stint as an assistant director on 'Gangs of Wasseypur.'
When I was growing up, my father never got his profession to the house. We didn't discuss films on the dining table.
Whenever a relationship doesn't go on the right path, it affects me in some form, but it hasn't spoilt anything for me.
It's been a surreal journey for me since 'Masaan.' The way the industry has accepted me and motivated me has been amazing.
Nobody can negate the fact that there is a section - not only in media but in every field - which indulge in wrong things.
My introduction into the film industry happened with 'Masaan,' which was a multi-star cast film. I was just a part of the film.
On a film set, it's important to be good at your work, but it's also important to be a compassionate and understanding human being.
I realise that film industry is a brittle and fragile world, but I'm ready to face it all because I'm too much in love with this space.
Me and my brother Sunny never had the enthusiasm of visiting a film set or going to a screening or attending parties and meeting actors.
I did not have any inclination towards cinema. The atmosphere at home was not filmy, and we would never discuss anything related to films.
It's a reality that you get boxed and stereotyped, but I am not afraid of that. It's my quest as an actor to explore different territories.
It is probably the best validation, the best compliment: that when somebody says you are getting good things in life, and you deserve this.
I unleashed my wilder side in 'Manmarziyaan' while playing the character, who is impulsive, colourful, does things without thinking too much.