Despite his involvement with the film profession, Hrithik, unlike the image one associates with a star-child, was an above-average student with a first-class graduate degree in Economics and Commerce. In fact, this was one of the reasons that reinforced the desire to study film production abroad. And he was even close to executing academic plans, to the point where he took his SAT's and filled in university forms, only to realise that it was escapism to ignore the calling of a hidden but very strong desire. The acting bug had bit. And bit hard... especially during the making of 'Koyla'. Juvenile as it may sound to several, Hrithik, after the day's shoot, found himself, on more than one occasion, enacting before the mirror, scenes that hero Shah Rukh performed in the day. He'd decided showbiz was where he wanted to be.