When I first decided to make a movie it was out of sheer frustration. Back then I was already a fairly successful model and had starred in an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic- "Pride and Prejudice", where I played the Indian version of Darcy. The serial, "Trishna", was a whopping success. It charmed the entire nation and to this date no other serial has been able to recreate that charm. Even today, 23 years later, I find people coming up to me with fond memories of that serial and the character I had played. In fact some of them know me only as "Rahul", the name of that character. And most of them have one question for me, "why did you stop acting?" Actually I didn't. At least I didn't want to. Not that I didn't get any offers. I did. Plenty of them. But not one of them excited me, nor stirred my imagination and most of all not one of them who approached me had the passion that I was looking for.

Eventually, against my better judgment, I accepted a film. I think it was because of my worry that if I kept refusing, then one day, they would stop coming. It was a mistake that I do not regret. It was during the making of this film that I resolved to become a producer myself so I could then make the movies that I wanted to be in.

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