Nakuul's Birthday thread prep [[INVITEES ONLY]] - Page 13

Interviewer: PKDH is going very well and you must have an extremely hectic schedule. In the midst of daily serial work, you just acted in a play...why did you take on a play at this point of your career?

NM: Interesting question! So, yes...we do have a very hectic schedule and that stands true for most television actors. I have just started getting used to working for 12 to 14 hours every day so, it does not feel weird now because my body is kind of used to that schedule. Theatre is the space where I started out my career. During my college days I used to do a lot of theatre and then graduated to ads and commercials. I feel that at this stage of my career, when I am just starting out...it is very easy to become complacent. I mean when you have a show that is doing well or for that matter it may not be doing so well, you just tend to accept and fall into a comfort zone. As a creative individual, I feel that I can always do something more...spread my wings and take in much more. I love playing Aditya but at the same time when I read the script of this play I just had to take it up.

Interviewer: What made you warm up to Pyaar Ka Dard Hai (PKD)? I know that you have known the production house for a while but what did you like about the story and the character that made you take the show up? You are nothing like Aditya in real life...right?

NM: I am quite different from Aditya. There are some similarities but more or less, we are very different. With regards to taking the show up, two things were the deciding factors for me. Firstly, I have had a long association with Rajshri Productions. They have been very supportive of me since my modeling days and had called me up after seeing me in a commercial. I suppose they felt that I was a new kid on the block who had some potential and we have kept in touch since then.

Interviewer: You come from a very interesting background. What is the best advice your parents have given you regarding your work and the industry...as in from an outsider's perspective?

NM: Wow! Hmmm...I can't think of any words that have stuck with me but it has been the way that they have brought me up. I suppose I have taken a lot from the words that they have NOT said and the emphasis here is on the fact that my parents have always wanted me to make my own decisions and stand by them. So when I wanted to become an actor nothing was said about being a good actor or a bad actor rather, they just let me be and let me fly. I am sure it was not easy for them considering the fact that my father is from the armed forces so the conventional expectation was for their son to join the Army or the Navy. My parents just let me float and find my own way

Rapid Fire With Nakuul Mehta

If your house is on fire, what is the one thing you will take with you when you run

My house keys- am an optimistic person- I'll hope the house

doesn't burn down completely .

Who is the most important person in your life?

-Myself

One weird fact that people don't know about you

Weird and printable? Nothing.

If you were not an actor/performer, what would you be?

-A struggling Actor

If you had a time machine what is the one event you would go back and change

- The Indo-Pak partition.

What do you think you were in your previous birth?

- Centuries ago I would like to believe I was Gautam Budhha

Do you forgive and forget or you keep a grudge?

-Forgive and forget. Definitely

Who's your current crush?

-Just watched Chennai Express and Deepika Padokone looked beautiful!

One word/sentence to all your fans

-I love you.