I was a star kid who no one knew: Rohan Mehra

Today star kids become a household name much before they enter Bollywood, but that was not the case with newcomer Rohan Mehra.

Rohan, son of yesteryear actor Vinod Mehra who is looking forward to his debut "Baazaar", says he intended to stay under the radar.

After his father's death in 1990, Rohan grew up in Mombasa in Kenya with his mother, sister and grandparents.

The actor says people have started talking about him since the film's trailer released.

"I feel I am an outsider despite being his son. I don't think I've ever used his name to get an interview or a meeting. Till last year, if I had gone to a Bollywood party, I would've walked and no one would know who I am.

"No one even knew I existed. They came to know when the trailer came out," he told PTI.

Rohan says he never received any special treatment from anyone in the industry because of which he has "massive respect for the people".

"The other so-called star kids we speak about, the ones who are spoken about even before their film has released, I wasn't one of those. I was never on the map.

"This is the way I would've wanted it to be. I've never got anything because of my surname."