Actor

I guess some characters always remain the same, and Macbeth is one of them.

Eventually, after the hero and heroine, it is the antagonist who comes with the most anticipation in any film.

People in the South want heroes to be their own, whereas it is easier for them to accept a villain who hails from another state.

That's my only plan: to keep doing good roles and win appreciation.

I'm not the type who will go and ask people for roles.

The police or any higher authority should never try and criminalise people for their sexuality. It is something that is to great extent given by God.

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.

In India, people still want an image to connect to and, even if it's a false one, they will stick to it. We are ready and want to be fooled by someone or the other, be it a baba or a politician.

Even though I have been receiving offers left, right and centre, I have been a little choosy about my projects.

When you work with Vikram, you give your best. It brought out the best in me.

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 realised that if I wanted to act, I needed to join theatre where I could improve my acting skills first and also show my talent.

I have done a lot of television serials in order to make ends meet.

I realised that if I wanted to act, I needed to join theatre where I could improve my acting skills first and also show my talent.

It is a big deal to play the antagonist in a Rohit Shetty film.

I've stopped making plans a long time back because they never work in my case. Now, I just take each day as it comes.

I'd have gone berserk if I hadn't met Sargam Singh, an actress who soon became my wife. Within a year of our marriage our daughter Ameli was born. Sargam gave up her career to look after me and our daughter.

There was a lot of aggression in me. It comes from my Bihari roots, I guess.

I used my television phase to save myself as an actor for the bigger screen.

People in the South are very organised and are thorough professionals besides being good paymasters. They are very disciplined and start and wrap up work on time.