When I am playing the protagonist of the film, before the release, I feel a certain pressure because I become the face of the film, then, and I have a major responsibility.
I am very happy that I am getting to play such layered and demanding characters. I feel blessed that directors are trusting me with such roles.
Whenever a relationship doesn't go on the right path, it affects me in some form, but it hasn't spoilt anything for me.
I was born in a 10x10 room of a chawl, and we shared a common bathroom with other people in the neighbourhood.
Me and my brother Sunny never had the enthusiasm of visiting a film set or going to a screening or attending parties and meeting actors.
Expectations don't scare me because I have worked towards them. I want people to expect better things from me with every film. I never want to be in a position where they don't expect anything from me. I want to be in a position where if they are expecting sun from me, at least I will be able to reach the moon.
My father never got films to our dinner table. It was never the case with us as well that our father works in films, and we know so many actors. It was like him going to work like any other father. In fact, my school friends would ask me if I have met a certain actor, and I would tell them that I haven't, which they found strange.
When you take this journey of becoming an actor, there are only destinations - one, where people give you that limelight and expect the world from you, and two, they don't know who you are, and they don't care what you are doing. You have to choose where you want to go.
I would want to believe that every film I do turns out to be the turning point of my career.
With every film, my confidence gets boosted; I feel motivated.
Whatever understanding I have of filmmaking is because of my stint as an assistant director on 'Gangs of Wasseypur.'
Working with Anurag sir was always a dream. He is the person I started my journey with.
I was an industry kid but was never brought up like one.
I think all my films have a different journey. Therefore, I take it as it comes.
We tend to say that some films are made for multiplex audience and some for single-screen theatres.
It is probably the best validation, the best compliment: that when somebody says you are getting good things in life, and you deserve this.
Anurag sir and I have had a beautiful journey as human beings.
'Raman Raghav' will break my image of cute boy-next-door. My character in the film is mad, demented, very aggressive. He is a good cop but has his own issues.
I don't judge director on the basis of their last film.
Cinema is a director's medium; it's his story and his vision. If it's a good story, people will connect to it.
