One cannot forget that show business also deals with humans. Everything is not so superficial that this is rigged or planned. Sometimes people do fall in love with each other because they spend a lot of time on the sets so much so the set becomes your first home, and your actual home becomes your second home.

My wife and I love to travel, so if we don't have work on either her or my birthday, we definitely travel.

I like to keep my birthday very relaxed.

Since the day I got married, I never got to plan my birthday.

Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill. And we cannot call friends or family, as you are called at a moment's notice. So you need to do something which you can dispose of immediately when called for a shot.

The working standards on television in our country are really bad. The sad part is that many actors take this deal because it gets them money and recognition.

Fans love the image that they see on-screen. They simply admire you for whatever they see on TV shows without even knowing you as a person. That's such a pure thing. I'm thankful for the love they have showered on me.

When I quit 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kyaa Naam Doon 1,' I left the show because I wanted to travel with my wife and spend time with her.

I don't want to miss out on the good stuff. As long as the character is good and the show is good, the medium does not matter to me. There are a few makers that I have an enormous trust in and that I know will do an amazing job.

I personally think that people should spend more time and money on their marriages instead of weddings.

I signed 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon' only for a year. But the producer requested me to stay on, as the show had just started to make money. I carried on, and in the process, the character became very popular. When I finally gave up, changing the actor for that character was difficult, so the show ended.

As for adjustments, I think every relationship changes every day.

Being an actor in TV or movies is different. A film or TV actor, if put in theatre, won't know certain dimensions, while a theatre actor won't know certain things when he comes before the camera. So I think a film actor can learn emoting from this theatre counterpart, while the theatre actor can learn about camera techniques from the film actor.

Everyone wants to relive their life once again, but if I had the chance, I would do it in the exact same fashion.

I think it is important not to scream from the rooftops to make yourself heard, I want my work to do the talking for me.

Plays are definitely the most difficult of them all. They are entirely a different category altogether. I don't have the courage to try out plays.

People make a star out of actors after one or two films and keep capitalising on the same thing without having the courage of exploring the world of cinema, which has so much to offer.

I love my house and stay back home when I get time off shoots. I hardly party. I am not 19 anymore.

I am very bad at taking compliments. Even in school, when people told me that I look good, I could just manage an awkward thank you and a smile.

What I like about Calcutta is the food. I like simple Bengali food like dal, shukto, fish, and mutton.