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How much did you learn to cook food in the film?

 

Yes, quite a lot. I had to go through a preparation for a month. Raja (Raja Krishna Menon, director of Chef) wanted me to be comfortable in the kitchen with all aspects. The main thing I learnt was the chopping and cooking spaghetti and pasta. I really enjoyed cooking and now I cook at home. It was very therapeutic and relaxing thing to do. So I am looking forward to cooking even more. 

As an actor, you have been calling yourself a 'late bloomer' these days. Tell more about it.

 

 

I think in every department. I am just an actor. Generally some people have been quite sorted from very young age like my father (Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi), for example. I think for me, I understand the things a little slowly but 40 is a magical kind of an age or 40s is the time when everything comes to my head together. I have been thinking about acting more and also the style of film making and performing has changed and it has become much more international. Now directors are asking the actor to go subtle in the film. So when we watch international staff, we can try and learn from them. May be it is not about late bloomer but the right time to think about things like craft.