u00a0>> “After graduating from college I worked at the Taj as a waiter for three years before joining my mother’s bakery business and doing a bit of professional photography on the side,” says the star, “When into one of my exhibitions walks Shiamak, who insists I should be an actor (here the irrepressible mimic in Boman does a drop-dead take on Shiamak’s unmistakable Bawa twang) and introduces me to Alyque Padamsee who becomes my mentor!”

u00a0Incidentally Shiamak has quite an eye for talent: Shahid Kapoor is also one of his protégés we’re told.