For 'Rakht Charitra,' I had to gain and lose weight. I simultaneously shot the film in three languages - Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.
Even when I had three Hindi films happening at the same time, Tamil and Telugu will always be an important industry considering I started my career there.
Somehow I feel South Indian actors are not that well known in the Hindi belt. Tamil and Telugu actors have an upper hand. But Kannada and Kerala are totally sidelined by Hindi filmgoers.
I've acted in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu films.
Whenever I'm flipping channels, I see Telugu movies dubbed in Hindi and I can't help but watch them.
I have done Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi movies, and each actor that I've worked with is different from the other.
Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.
Having worked in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil film industries, I've been lucky to have travelled far and wide for shoots.
I am not familiar with Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam and tend to feel they are foreign languages to me.
I have sung in all languages, and so every people know me - Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu.
In fact, my earliest films were in Tamil and Telugu and since then I have been acting in all languages.
I have acted in Tamil and Telugu, languages that were alien to me. It was then that I got the call to Malayalam.
Telugu-Tamil producer Thyagarajan has bought the South Indian language rights for two Hindi hit films, Vikas Behl's 'Queen' and Neeraj Pandey's 'Special 26.' He wants me to play Akshay Kumar's role in the Telugu version of 'Special 26.' Akshay and I even look similar, physique-wise.
'Bad Girl,' the Mollywood flick to be helmed by filmmaker Shajiyem wherein I essay the role of a super model, will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.
I have worked really hard to reach where I am - I worked hard on my Hindi and diction because I am a Parsi and Hindi is not my strong point, and I've also learnt Tamil and Telugu because I want to get my lines right. I want to be known as a performer.
I started with Tamil film, then Hindi. Now, I am also doing a Telugu film. The journey has been wonderful so far.