Describe the experience of living on your own.
So far, so good. I’ve wanted to do this ever since I turned 21. But then I came to Mumbai when I signed the Hindi version of Ghajini and my parents moved in with me. Even now they are just a hop, skip and jump away from my pad.
But I’m loving my own space. The people in my complex are really nice.
But popularity has a side effect. Is it true you were being stalked recently? Yes, that was scary. Some guy followed me from Indore to Singapore. I spotted him in my hotel lobby, at the mall and at the restaurant where I was having dinner. He followed me to the event that I had gone to Singapore for. I got really scared and ran away. I guess, such things happen and one just has to learn to deal with them.
Why didn’t you go into a signing spree after Ghajini? I’m a very secure person and I’d rather wait for something good to come my way than sign films in haste. After Ghajini, the only film I really wanted to be a part of was London Dreams and so I grabbed it with both hands.
Is it true Salman Khan’s posters are all over your bedroom? (Laughs) Please check my room. I don’t even have my own pictures anywhere in the flat. I don’t know how this rumour started. I’m pretty cool with it and so is Salman, I’m sure. He understands Bollywood media better than I do. So, it’s no big deal for him.
He’s also supposed to have gifted you this flat.
Oh, Salman is supposed to have gifted me 120 things. He is supposed to have even proposed to me, which he did in a scene from London Dreams but it was reported he did it in reality. He’s also supposed to have gifted me a puppy and apparently on Onam, he also shopped for some crystal showpieces for me. Sadly, all these have just been reported in the tabloids. I haven’t got anything from him.
How different are Aamir and Salman? They have different approaches to work but on a personal level they are very similar.
In a business that’s all about creating an image, they are both all heart and completely genuine. On the professional front, Aamir likes to discuss scenes and improvises with his coactors.
Salman, on the other hand, just comes on the set and does the scene. He is more spontaneous.