| • Finally you and Ramu are back together?
Yes. I am more than glad that we are working together on Rakta Charitra, which has an amazing script, an awe inspiring character, Paritala Ravi and a brilliant director at the helm. What more could an actor ask for? • What brought about the patch-up? Apparently you just walked into RGV's office one fine day…
In my limited experience of life, I have learnt that mostly what is apparent never transpired and what transpired is never really apparent. • Was the first meeting awkward?
No. Strangely it was comfortable and familiarly warm. • Do you think you missed out on some good work because of your dispute with Ramu?
I don't believe in wasting time analysing the past when the present is knocking at my door. But I did miss working with the master. I look forward to this new journey. I look forward to being wet clay again. • How are you preparing for the role of Ravi?
By completely surrendering myself to two people - Ramuji and Paritala Ravi. • How different is this don Ravi from Chhota Rajan of Company or Maya Dolas of Shootout At Lokhandwala?
To see Ravi merely as a don would be insulting to the magnitude of impact he has had upon the people of Andhra Pradesh. Journalists have often asked me what my dream role would be and I used to always dismiss the idea, thinking it didn't exist, until I was required to play Paritala Ravi. He is, by far, the most intriguing and fascinating character. • Was working in Mission Istanbul a mistake?
Doing Mission Istanbul was definitely not a mistake but maybe we made some mistakes while making it, which is why the film didn't do well. • What is your equation with Abhishek Bachchan?
Art is for actors, equations are for algebra and I am not a calculating kind of guy. It should suffice to say that we are colleagues. • Your repeated attempts to patch-up with Salman Khan have failed. If you meet him in public again, will you acknowledge him?
I will cross that bridge when I come to it. • It seems that Salman has categorically told Katrina Kaif that you are the only guy she can't work with....
I guess we all make choices in life and then have to live with them. • Apparently Minissha Lamba has refused to do intimate scenes with you for Jehaad.
The article was a figment of imagination that I now view as entertainment. So I sit back, read and get entertained. Minissha was sweet enough to personally clarify over the phone and we had a good laugh about it. • You and Dia Mirza also had some problems. Have you sorted it out?
I don't think it's possible for anyone to have problems with Dia; she's a lovely person. She's a sunshine girl. • Of late you are being linked to a bevy of beauties - Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandes, Vidya Balan and even one of your family friends…
So I hear. Apparently, I am quite the candidate for imaginary link-ups. I am flattered by most of my rumoured link-ups and have wished that at least some of them were true, but unfortunately, no such luck. • Why are you still single?
I am single because I am still waiting to find the girl who will make me want to never be single again. • There have been reports of a special friendship brewing between you and Anoushka Shankar.
Yes. We've grown to become good friends. She's a wonderful artiste and an even more wonderful human being. She has performed to raise funds for 'The Banyan', a charitable cause that I have been the ambassador of. | 
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