Sure, the love that Sanjay Suri has been receiving for his performance in Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga has left him elated. Interestingly, it has also made the actor greedy for opportunities. “I don’t have much time left. I am 55! So, I better do more work,” he laughed.

What stopped him all these years? Over his 26-year career, the actor hasn’t been seen on screen as frequently as he would have liked. There is a reason for that, he stated. “Throughout my career, the query has been ‘Why do we see less of you?’ My only answer would be that I felt underutilised. I would get a lot of offers [to play] a well-educated, well-to-do, smart, and suave guy. That’s where it ended. There would be nothing more to offer [in the roles]. So, there has been creative short-sightedness in imagining me,” explained Suri.