Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the piano better than I do.
I don't consume alcohol or colas. But I don't judge people who do. People make their own decisions.
I am the public, a boy from Chandigarh who's bought tickets in black and revered films since childhood, and when I choose scripts, I take out the garb of an actor-slash-star, and I consume the script as a layman.
Life is the biggest workshop: you have to observe life. You have to be one with the milieu more than anything else.
In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.
My son had seen 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha,' but he wasn't happy about it because my father bullies me in the film.
To begin with, I always want to go for scripts that do not have a reference in Hindi cinema. If it is novel and unique, it definitely has a better shelf value.
Success is a lousy teacher, but failure is a friend, philosopher, and guide.
I had an edge in 'Andhadhun' because, being a musician, I knew how to play a guitar, so it was not difficult for me to learn a musical instrument.
I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted.
I want to do more new-age content, look beyond conventional cinema.
To be successful in Bollywood, you either need to be a superstar or have a super script.
I think everyone is a hero in their own right.
The primary goal is to entertain people because... Fortunately, the kind of movies I have been doing have a certain message, they break taboos, and they are socially relevant. So it's a great mix of content and entertainment.
It is good to be a young father, a young parent. You have that energy, and you are growing up with them.
All you need to focus on is your craft and how you act; and, of course, script selection, which is a primary reason for anybody's success because, in today's day and age, everyone is talented irrespective of fields.
I always thought millennials are going westward, and they probably won't understand vernacular poetry.
My gut has never let me down.
I always aspired to do something different.
I would love to write a script, for sure. I write poetry and songs. But writing a script needs a lot of time and discipline.
