Do you have any plans to do regional cinema?
I stayed in Baliganj, Kolkata, for 46 days as a struggling actor. I fell in love with the city. You may not believe me but, nowadays, a lot of people from Bengal have offered me films! (laughs) Actually, I am talking to (Bengali director) Rituparno Ghosh for a film.

The problem with regional cinema is that they don't have big budgets. Hindi films can afford those budgets because there is a market to recover costs.

That said, I don't think about budgets when I work on a film. I have done films free of cost if I have liked a script or director. It is just that I must feel confident about the project.

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