Gautam interview in HT today

Sun sign: Leo

Birthday: August 14

Hometown: Delhi

School/College: Army Public School, Delhi/Bhagat Singh College, Delhi

First break: Close Up commercial in 1997

Currently doing:

Playing the lead in Saraswatichandra (Star Plus)

Your favourite cuisine?

Indian

Your favourite Punjabi slang?

Oh teri!

Your favourite travel hot spot in north India?

Shimla

A Punjabi song you can't stop humming?

Gur Nalon Ishq Mitha

Which colours dominate your wardrobe?

White

What would you wear to a hot date?

Khakhi pants with white linen shirt

The last line of your autobiography would read...

…All is well A language you wish you were fluent in?

French

A fashion trend that you wish would make a comeback?

Bellbottoms

Who is your 3-am friend?

Director Waseem Sagar and actor Nigar Khan

If you weren't an actor, you would be...

A stockbroker

A movie that always brings a smile to your face?

Andaaz Apna Apna

A song to describe your life...

Kal Kya Hoga Kisko Pata from Kasme Vaade

A project that is close to your heart?

My show, Lucky (2007), on Star Plus and the show I'm doing presently, Saraswatichandra

The hottest actors in Bollywood?

Lara Dutta and Deepika Padukone

Favourite street food?

Don't eat street food

A director you would give anything to work with?

Rajkumar Hirani

What are the three things you would do if you could?

I would control the TRPs, get a currency machine for myself

and buy a jet for myself to travel the globe

A rumour you'd like to start?

That I'm working with Al Pacino in a movie

Which part of your body would you insure?

My arms

If you could jet-set to anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Mauritius

If you have five minutes to pack, what all will you take along?

My toiletries

One thing you want to change about yourself?

Don't want to spend so much time in the loo!

A Punjabi dish to die for?

Dal makhni

A celebrity you look up to?

Aamir Khan

A dessert that describes you?

Chocolate Fudge