Aditya Roy Kapur on completing ten years: I'm an accidental actor

Aditya Roy Kapur is remarkably self aware. In a family of artistes, he says he was the least artistically inclined; but for someone who was averse to acting in Hindi cinema, he has gradually fallen in love with the profession.

"As I look back, I think I am an accidental actor. Just because it has been ten years I can't say I've been sure about wanting to be in this profession, even though I've started to love it now," Aditya says.

He started out as a VJ for Channel V and eventually made his debut as actor in 2009 with "London Dreams".

Over the years, he featured in films like "Aashiqui 2", "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" and "Ok Jaanu".

"It all happened by chance," Aditya says. A casting call in 2008 for the Vipual Shah film gave him an opportunity to enter Bollywood, even though he never "harboured any desire to be an actor."
"I never grew up on a staple diet of hindi cinema. In fact when I was a VJ, I was averse to it. Purely because I could never imagine myself being an actor."
"By the time I finished my first three films I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn and grow in."
"He was the president of the dramatics society in the college. He was doing 'Sound of Music' and it had lots of kids, so I was one of them."
I would sit on the sidelines and watch her teach dance."
"What normally we see is the finished product, someone's performance on screen, but behind the scenes a lot goes into it. I grew up watching them work behind the scenes."