mid-day Exclusive: Now since this is part of a conversation series, I was trying to look at stuff that links you and Aamir. But, of course, you haven't done a film together. An interesting bit of trivia that I suspect audiences may not be aware of is that you, in fact, had auditioned for Aamir's cult classic Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikandar [1993], and it didn't eventually work out, is that true?
So, I went there. Apna screen test diya maine, for Deepak Tijori's role [Tijori played the young anti-hero in the school-campus rom-com]. And they didn't like it. And, apparently, I was crap, so they removed me. So, there you go!

Were you auditioning a lot [and perhaps getting rejected] in those years?
Yeah, I had auditioned with BR Chopra, Ravi Chopra, Raj Sippy, Pramod Chakravorty. I didn't have money to get my own portfolio shot, so I assisted photographer Jay Seth, on the condition that one day, he'd shoot and make my portfolio for me. I worked for him without any pay. Then there was the producer Salim Aftab, who'd made lots of films, including Loha, that I gave an audition for.