‘I am a momma’s boy’

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QYou have been tagged as the next big thing. Do you think you are ahead of your contemporaries?
I don’t think so. Last year, I had three releases — two (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Wake Up Sid) did well; one didn’t (Rocket Singh) but was appreciated. If this year Anjaana Anjaani and Rockstar don’t work then my contemporaries will be ahead of me. I’m not in the rat race. I only concentrate on my work, I hope that every film of mine does well and people get their money’s worth.

Q What is the status of Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar?
We have already finished 30 per cent of the film after a month long shoot in Prague. We shot for four days in Italy and we still have to shoot across the country.
Q Does Priyanka shout at you a lot?
Yes, she does, bahut daantati hai, SMS pe SMS bhejti hai ‘Kahan hai tu? Kya kar raha hai?’ She is a very strong woman, very dominating; and there’s nothing wrong with it. Women are superior to men and Priyanka is on the right path.

Q When can we see you in an action film?
I only do films that I like. I do get offers for action flicks but nothing that I have liked. But when I find one interesting enough, I will give it my heart and soul. I will work out harder at the gym. So that when you see the action film, you don’t feel ke yeh phattu kya kar raha hai.

Q Has the success of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Raajneeti put pressure on you?
I have been hearing the word pressure since Saawariya, but there is no pressure. Every film has its own destiny — if it is a good film, it will run; and if not, then it won’t. We can’t analyse and say that the audience didn’t understand the film. If the film didn’t do well, it had some problem. Keeping this in mind, I wake up, brush my teeth, go to work, come back home, eat food and go back to sleep. There is no pressure.

Q It is said that you are momma’s boy. Are you?
Yes I am and I’m not ashamed about it. I can’t live without her, she cuts my nails, she makes sure I eat my food, and makes sure I eat my share of veggies. She also makes sure that I brush my teeth and remove my make-up at night.

Q Your personal life has always been under scrutiny.
Earlier, I would feel bad but not now. I didn’t want to hide that nor did I want to hide the fact that I was dating someone. People wrote good things about it, sometimes bad too. But today people know me more for my work and not for my personal life. Now, I don’t have a girlfriend and I don’t have a problem. And I’m not lying — if I was not lying back then, I don’t have a reason to lie now.
BNS