Quotes from Mukul Dev

I am more of an outdoor person, but when I can't run outside, I make sure the treadmill sees a lot of me.

I have always liked comedy but with 'Yamla Pagla Deewana,' things were really different. I realized that situational comedy is the new trend, where you don't need to indulge in buffoonery to make people laugh.

If they ask me to do something like 'Emotional Atyachar,' I am not doing that. I have a daughter at home, not that she will judge me but there are certain things, which I feel I don't fit in at all.

Yes, things have turned out to be quite different from what I had in mind as a youngster. But I'm enjoying every minute of my career as an actor.

I use an extremely soft mattress. Hard ones are a complete no-no.

Lamb chops is my favourite.

In both 'Dondo,' which has been directed by Tarun Mukherjee, and 'Krishna' directed by VV Vinayak, I got to play interesting characters. Moreover, I have enjoyed working for these films, because it was a challenge to learn two languages and express my emotions in them.

'SOS' is a typical out-an-out comedy, where I play Sanjay Dutt's brother and Ajay Devgn plays our long lost family enemy.

I have always loved writing as it comes very naturally to me.

I like to write on anything that is intriguing, unheard of - something that is offbeat.

Among non-fiction authors I like Richard Bach, Nichiren Daishonin, Burton Watson, Deepak Chopra and MJ Akbar.

I love all kinds of books, which include fiction and non-fiction.

I have observed Afghani people and their Urdu is not as chaste as it should be and that reflects in the way they speak. Their native language is Pashtun.

Bengali is like Urdu. If you cannot get the pronunciation right, you spoil the flavor of it all.

What matters is the quality of your show. In my opinion, numbers will fluctuate but you need to be honest with what you are offering to your audience. There are shows that have super high numbers but then you can't even sit through those.

Penning 'Omerta' was one of the best experiences. I was amazed at how Hansal Mehta and Rajkummar Rao manifested it on-screen.

Since I was a kid, I have always froze when I saw an action star perform a stunt defying the parameters of safety and fear.

Back in 1995, I was young, fresh out of the academy and jobless.

I love to eat rajma chawal anytime.

It does not matter what is the background of actors as long as they fit the role assigned to them.

I hail from Padhyana village in Adampur district near Jalandhar.