<span class=normal>Post the super success of Mr. India, life must have changed dramatically for you...<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Yes, it did. But not to the extent that I lost my foot from the ground, I was always grounded as a person then, as I am even now. As a matter of fact, over a certain point of time, I started disliking the attention that I was getting. This was one of those times when one starts wanting his own space to be his own and not get intruded by anyone else. I was a very shy kid then. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>You were also actively involved in sports. <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>I have played cricket, football, table tennis and badminton in school. I represented in badminton doubles and I represented Maharashtra in junior snooker. While I used to play cricket for my school, college and club. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Did you always wanted to become an actor? <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The irony of my career is that although I was not that actively involved in dramatics in school, I started enjoying acting! I never, obviously thought at that point of time that it will become a career. But ads were followed by films. And one film lead to another and I had seven feature films in hand (Shahenshah, Chaalbaaz, Insaniyat amongst them) as a child actor. That also set the ball rolling for all the commercials etc...<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>As a kid, I used to admire cinema as much as I do now. I love the concept of acting, of being somebody else for a certain period of time and of standing in front of the camera and mouthing out dialogues in various locations and situations. </span>