When we tell actor-musician Namit Das that we remember him fondly from Wake Up Sid, he smiles wryly. "Recently, I have met so many people who have told me that. And I am happy about it, because when we were making the movie, we didn't know it would be successful. But then sometimes I feel, I have done so much more [than Wake Up Sid!]. Even dad can't help saying, 'Oh, he has worked with Ranbir Kapoor'."

Namit, 35, has done, and is doing, so much more. He is readying to spend the year acting in Mira Nair's musical, Monsoon Wedding, for the England stage. He plays PK Dubey, essayed in the 2001 film by Vijay Raaz. He has also composed three songs for, and acted in Nair's soon-to-release, A Suitable Boy. The musical gene comes from his father, well-known ghazal singer Chandan Das, a contemporary of Jagjit Singh. He released his first album in 1982, two years before his only child was born. He is best known for his albums, Inayat and Kitne Hi Rang, and has toured the country and beyond.