``Most of my Sundays are packed with shows of my plays, even Saturday evenings. And I am fairly relaxed on other days,'' says the director of Bottoms Up. The need for a retreat is in the mind, it's not physical, according to Dabholkar. ``People go to farmhouses for their retreats. But you could be disturbed even there. The maddening thing is in the mind,'' he says. Dabholkar likes to go on long drives, but he is his own driver.

Always. ``Earlier I couldn't afford a driver and now the habit has stayed on even when I can afford one. I like the solitude of driving in the city,'' he says.

Be it books or music, Dabholkar has no specific preferences. He reads anything and everything and listens to everything from Hindi music to instrumental tunes. ``I could listento a Rajneesh tape or that of a comedy show, a variety of things basically,'' he says.