Quick Take - Abhishek Bachan

Abhishek has a lot riding on his much-awaited release Guru. The 30-plus actor says he has given his 100 percent to the film and hopes it'll turn out to be the best of his career.

On Guru
The film covers the life of Gurukant Desai. It was challenging to play the journey of a man that starts at age 15 and goes on till 70. Am I open to playing an old man's role? Yeah, why not! Everybody grows old, I am going to be 31 and I would love to play such roles.
I have learnt a lot from the film. I learned how to put on weight in two weeks and how to lose it one week. (laughs).

My character is iconic and he is not apologetic about what he is doing. My character taught me about the right attitude and philosophies of life.

On Mallika Sherawat
Mallika is fantastic. She's a fabulous co-star. We shot the song Mayaa Mayya in an abandoned church in Istanbul. She danced bare feet, practiced 8-10 hours every day but not once did she complain. She was always smiling and pleasant.

His new hair do
I am growing it because Shaad Ali asked me to grow it for Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and then I am also doing Drona in which my character needs to have long hair. (IANS)