"The day my father was shot at, I realized how crazy this world has become."

• CRUSH... "Was on a girl called Dimple, two years my senior in school. She was in the fifth standard. I had a pretty bad crush, but I never let her know. I'd just adore her from a distance!"
• GIRLFRIEND (now wife) "Suzanne. I fell in love with her for various reasons."
• ADULT MOVIE "Not fair! You're getting all my secrets out! It was at a friend's place. It was his birthday and one of our friends brought this blue film over. But in the first five minutes we were so embarrassed and disgusted, that we put it off. Besides, his parents were in the next room, so we were really scared!"
• KISS "Too personal to talk about."
• HINDI MOVIE "Must have been my dad's... I don't remember. I first acted in a film called Aap Ke Deewane, which was dad's movie. I had a bit part in a song, got paid three hundred bucks, and bought balloons with it! As a kid, I loved balloons!"
• TIME HE WORE LONG PANTS "It certainly wasn't a great occasion! My mom must have just put them on for me, yaar."
• DATE "I was in the 10th standard, I think. This girl wanted to meet me, so all my friends tagged along to Essel World. I had my first date there, going on various rides!"
• DROVE A CAR "Also while in the 10th. I'd literally hide and drive! I would sit at the wheel, while my driver placed his legs on the accelerator and brake. I began with learning to manoeuvre the car, while the driver would shift the gears and things."

Diet: I believe your body is 90 per cent your diet. And diet one has to take control of. Eat the right food. I don't eat butter, ghee, oil. I just eat grilled boiled roasted stuff.

A plate of garam garam bhajiyas: Putting off

Workout: Whenever I get one hour off. Whenever I see I have some free time I just run to the gym or do some stuff in the house. If sometimes I don't get the time to workout for two or three days because of shooting or something then third day I come back home in the night and go to my friend's Uday Chopra's gym. I workout till two to three in the night and then I sleep and wake up for work again. I just can't not workout.

Addiction: Yes, it is an addiction. I don't feel good if I don't workout. It's a high I get. Right after the workout there is such a sense of calmness inside you. It really calms you down. The stress flows out of you. It is an addiction.

Passion: Films

Suzzane: (while she was his girlfriend) We get time whenever we get time. I meet her on my way to the gym. If I go home for lunch I meet her there.

First pay packet: I got Rs 100 when I was 9-years-old from my maternal grandfather J Om Prakash for a film called Aasha for which I danced with Jeetendra. From there I went straight to Miniland and bought ten toy guns.

Happiest and the saddest moment of your life: The night I was on the Filmfare stage.

Favourite film: Hindi: : Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Sholay

English: Pretty Woman, When Harry met Sally.

Actor: Amitabh Bachchan and Raj Kapoor.

International: Richard Gere, Al Pacino, Steve Martin, Jerry Lewis.

Actress: Madhubala, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol.

International: Julia Roberts, Helen Hunt.

Favourite Colour: Black

Favourite Country: India

First film: Aasha

Laughter: The way to get through tough times in life.

Tears: A sign of good times ahead.

Closest person: Myself