In
an
exclusive
one-on-one,
Purab
Kohli
tells
that
he
has
come
a
long
way
as
an
actor
considering
that
he
did
not
even
want
to
be
an
actor!
What
is
your
role
in
Hide
&
Seek?
I
play
the
role
of
Om
Jaiswal
in
Hide
&
Seek.
I
should
confess
that
Hide
&
Seek
isn"t
a
film
to
showcase
my
talent
as
an
actor.
All
that
I
can
say
about
the
film
is
that
it
is
a
fantastic
murder
mystery,
which
sets
out
to
play
a
game
of
hide
and
seek
with
the
audience.
Today
the
viewer
wants
something
to
hold
him
in
a
film.
What
is
Hide
&
Seek
all
about?
Hide
&
Seek
is
the
journey
of
six
characters
which
takes
place
in
one
night.
All
the
six
are
abducted,
put
in
a
mall
in
one
confined
space
and
killed
one
after
the
other.
Twelve
years
ago,
they
were
friends.
In
one
party,
something
goes
wrong
and
they
are
separated.
Before
the
incident
happens,
Om
is
a
sweet
and
simple
guy.
The
incident
turns
his
life
upside
down
and
he
is
tormented
by
guilt
and
needs
psychiatric
help,
since
he
goes
into
depression.
For
him
the
twelve
years
is
in
a
haze.
How
did
you
bag
the
film
Hide
&
Seek?
I
had
interviewed
Appu
for
Channel
V
when
I
was
the
VJ
there.
When
Appu
called
me
to
offer
me
the
role,
to
tell
you
the
truth,
I
was
quite
skeptical,
because
I
was
to
play
one
of
the
six
roles
and
after
Rock
On,
all
my
friends
and
well
wishers
have
been
urging
me
to
do
only
solo
hero
films.
However,
I
was
gripped
by
the
script
and
also
had
implicit
trust
in
both
Apoorva
and
Shawn
Arranha
and
hence
I
accepted
the
film.
In
any
case,
I
am
of
the
opinion
that
one
tries
to
choose
a
film
which
helps
one
to
climb
on.
Since
your
wife
is
an
actress
too,
do
you
discuss
your
films
with
her?
My
wife
Yamini
Namjoshi
had
acted
in
a
film
called
Let"s
Enjoy
a
few
years
ago.
However,
I
do
not
tell
my
family
anything
about
a
film
which
I
am
doing,
because
I
am
keen
on
taking
them
to
watch
the
film
and
getting
their
unadulterated
and
unbiased
reaction.
How
happy
are
you
with
your
growth
as
an
actor?
For
someone
who
actually
did
not
want
to
be
an
actor,
I
think
I
have
indeed
come
a
long
way
as
an
actor.
Bas
Yuhin
was
my
first
film
as
an
actor.
After
Bas
Yuhin,
I
acted
in
films
like
Mohit
Suri"s
Woh
Lamhe,
Aawarapan,
Abhishek
Kapoor"s
Rock
On
and
last
but
not
the
least
N.
Chandra"s
Yeh
Mera
India.
When
did
you
start
thinking
seriously
about
acting?
It
was
way
back
in
1998
that
I
had
made
my
debut
as
an
actor
on
TV
with
the
serial
Hip
Hip
Hurray
on
Zee
TV.
Though
I
actually
had
wanted
to
be
a
pilot,
I
had
applied
for
a
course
in
Hotel
Management.
Then
I
had
worked
with
an
architect.
Then
I
did
a
serial
called
Sunghursh
for
B4U.
It
was
only
in
2005
that
I
decided
that
I
should
take
up
acting
in
films
seriously
after
I
did
Onir"s
film
My
Brother
Nikhil.
Do
you
regret
having
taken
up
a
controversial
role
like
in
My
Brother
Nikhil?
Today
the
entire
country
has
become
quite
open
about
homosexuality,
but
it
was
not
the
case
five
years
ago.
To
tell
you
the
truth,
though
I
do
not
regret
having
done
the
film
and
was
not
wary
about
taking
up
a
role
like
the
one
I
did
in
My
Brother
Nikhil,
today
I
definitely
make
it
a
point
to
calculate
about
the
pros
and
cons
of
taking
up
a
role
and
only
then
take
it
up.
You
can
say
that
I
go
by
intuition
as
an
actor.
Did
My
Brother
Nikhil
help
you
commercially?
After
doing
My
Brother
Nikhil,
I
thought
that
I
had
arrived
as
an
actor
but
I
was
disillusioned
because
I
realized
that
commercial
viability
too
is
equally
necessary
for
an
actor
to
survive
in
Bollywood
and
hence
I
realized
that
I
needed
to
be
seen
in
bigger
films.
I
did
films
like
Supari
and
Vaastu
Shastra.
I
then
decided
to
work
in
films
like
Woh
Lamhe
and
Aawarapan.
In
what
way
did
Rock
On
change
your
horizons
as
an
actor?
Rock
On
was
a
big
education
for
me,
because
I
was
part
of
a
big
film.
Now
after
Rock
On,
as
an
actor,
I
am
surer
of
myself,
though
I
should
concede
that
I
was
subjected
to
a
reality
check
last
year
after
Rock
On
when
2009
looked
like
the
most
ambitious
year
for
me
as
an
actor
since
I
had
signed
six
films
in
the
wake
of
the
phenomenal
success
of
Rock
On.
What
went
wrong?
Recession
happened
in
a
big
way
and
out
of
the
six
films
that
I
signed
after
Rock
On,
as
many
as
four
films
were
shelved
mercilessly
even
before
they
could
be
launched.
While
Shaadi
of
The
Dead
may
be
launched
shortly,
the
only
film
which
has
managed
to
see
the
light
of
the
day
has
been
Hide
&
Seek.
I
am
happy
because
I
learnt
the
lesson
that
everything
is
not
always
honky
dory
and
everything
depends
on
your
last
film
and
how
it
fares
at
the
box
office.
Which
are
the
films
you
are
having
now
up
your
sleeves?
I
am
having
quite
a
few
films
now,
like
Rectangular
Love
Story,
Josh
E
Jawani,
Turning
30
etc.
I
play
a
lover
boy
in
Rectangular
Love
Story
directed
by
Rajat
Kapoor.
It
is
about
five
friends
and
pegged
on
one
little
accident.
The
title
of
the
film
may
shortly
be
changed
to
Love
At
First
Life.
Gul
Panag
is
my
co-actor
in
Rectangular
Love
Story.
Mocktail,
which
is
an
adaptation
of
Midsummer
Night"s
Dream,
is
an
out
and
out
comedy
which
stars
Tara
Sharma,
Tisca
Chopra,
Rajat
Kapoor,
Koel
Puri,
Neil
Bhopalam
and
Manu
Rishi,
who
had
written
Oye
Lucky
Lucky
Oye.
Josh
E
Jawani
is
directed
by
Sharad
Kataria,
who
had
written
Bheja
Fry.
Prakash
Jha"s
Turning
30
directed
by
Alankrita
Srivastav
is
about
the
trials
and
tribulations
of
a
woman
who
is
turning
30.
Gul
Panag
plays
the
protagonist
in
the
film.