10 Endradhukulla' is a thriller and the characters are all on the run. The film travels from South India traversing through the North, to the mountains where the climax takes place. Mine is a different kind of character; he is very suave and stylish and only later it is discovered that he is not what he looks like.
I was pleasantly surprised that south directors started creating roles for me after watching 'Rakta Charitra.'
Luckily, 'Rakta Charitra' did well in the South and I started getting a lot offers from the Tamil and Telegu film industry.
Acting in different languages doesn't stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot.
I decided to do theatre intensely. I joined Makarand Deshpande's group Ansh. He became my guru. That's where I met Anurag Kashyap and Kay Kay Menon. These were the people who supported and inspired me.
There is no such thing as playing someone else's character. Every actor takes a character and makes it his/her own while enacting it on screen.
Rohit Shetty liked my acting in the movie 'Theeran,' which released in 2017. He believed that I would justify the role of a baddie in 'Sooryavanshi.'
As for Bollywood, actors are no longer typecast there and I'm happy to be in that phase where the industry is evolving for the better.
In Bollywood, it is common for shoots to have unexpected delays and go well into the night, but shoot schedules in the South are mostly wrapped up by evening, unless absolutely required.
Gulaal' gave me a chance to channelise my restlessness into a character that had layers of complexity.
Even though I have been receiving offers left, right and centre, I have been a little choosy about my projects.
My mother is very fond of cooking and whenever I am home she ensures that I eat the best food prepared by her, because of which I gain a lot of weight.