Living a healthy life.
What is your greatest fear?
Failure.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I am very lazy.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Hypocrisy.
What is your greatest extravagance?
A ring I bought for my wife.
What is your current state of mind?
Hopeful.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Chastity!
On what occasion do you lie?
When I want to protect someone dear to me.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I have made peace with myself now.
Which living person do you most despise?
It’s a long list… a lot of our politicians, to be precise.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Generosity.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Honesty.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Naheen yaar!
When and where were you happiest?
I can’t pick one occasion … I’m a very lucky man!
Which talent would you most like to have?
I would love to learn how to play the guitar.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Dyslexia.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
The founding of Talking Filmain in 2005 and the fact that it’s still going strong.
Where would you most like to live?
New York.
What is your most treasured possession?
I don’t hold onto anything except my family and friends.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Vulnerability.
If you didn’t do your current job, what would you choose to do?
I’d like to be a cricketer.
What is your most marked characteristic?
That is for you to decide!
Who is your hero of fiction?
Al Pacino.
Who are your heroes in real life?
My mother.
What is your greatest regret?
I wish I could have spent more time with my grandmother, but she passed away in 1993.
What’s your favourite quote?
“All aspects are within us but those who act kingly are the kings.”
Published in The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, February 27th, 2011.
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