
So what makes a successful marketing head pack up and face the unknown? “While I was settled in Sharjah, I started writing scripts in my head,” he says. So he moved back home in 2007 and while he was circulating his scripts around, writer Sachindra Sharma spotted him and producer Umesh Gandhi picked him for the lead role.
“Acting happened by mistake, though for the moment it seems to be suiting me fine,” he says. “I guess it’s something I have to do before I finally get on to direction.”
At home, Shammi Kapoor is the happiest: “My son finally comes around. After years of nagging, he has listened to us at last. Better late than never.”