My career is doing well both in Tollywood as well as Bollywood.
It's very challenging to be a playback singer in Bollywood.
My father came from a chawl and became a top star in Bollywood and worked very hard for us. When I look at my dad, I feel very good that my papa did so much.
I was never desperate to work in Bollywood though I aspired to do a movie across the border but only if I was offered a strong character and a main lead.
My break in Bollywood is definitely the high point of my life.
I made a decent debut in Bollywood with 'Dum Maaro Dum.'
I am not running after money in Bollywood, I am experimenting with films and roles here.
I was among the first batch of the students to graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune in 1966, but it wasn't my passport to Bollywood. At that time, no one understood that it is possible to learn acting in an institute.
After passing out of the National School of Drama, I spent many years doing small-time roles in Bollywood.
I cannot forget the day when I gave the first screen test of my life. The film was Gulshan Rai's 'Trishul' and I was selected. I was just 16.
Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
I did not have any Bollywood connection and it was difficult to find a footing in the industry. But I was pleasantly surprised when Red Chillies hired a newcomer like me.
I was so shy, I couldn't stand up in front of people and speak. Now I'm in the next big three Bollywood movies.
Life itself has so much politics, why should I make it my profession? I'm just a politician's son, not a politician myself. Two politicians, that's my dad and elder brother, in the family are enough. I'm happy doing my own stuff in Bollywood.
Actors who are talented try to take a jump and start their career from Bollywood. But when they don't get enough recognition, they come back to other options.
I have fulfilled all my dreams in Bollywood. Now I have to find new dreams for Bollywood before I strike again.
It's been eight years now that I have been working in Bollywood and have done everything - from item songs to character roles to reality shows.
When my bank balance runs low, then I sign a big Bollywood monstrous movie, and I make sure that I am safe for the next few years.
People don't think music to be a reliable source of income or career, which I will agree, in a way, because Bollywood is a very risky place to be in.
