Abhay Deol the eccentric actor who has built his career around distinctive roles in his films be it the suave thief in ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye' or the modern day lover in ‘Dev D' is without doubt all set to being a crossover actor.

Adds a source, "Like Jhonny Depp, Abhay is definitely a character oriented actor, and is the most sought after crossover actor in Bollywood who can also do great commercially."

Abhay who gets invited to almost all film festivals the world over is busy travelling to various places like Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi, Doha, Venice, Pennsylvania etc.

An industry insider reveals "Abhay who has met the likes of veteran directors and actors like Martin Scorcese, Robert de Nero, Jodie Foster, Matt Damon during his roller coaster visit to all the festivals has also lectured at many of these festivals thanks to his amazing knowledge on films and film making."

Coming to his upcoming movies there is ‘Road' in which Abhay plays a truck driver whose life goes through a complete transformation.

‘Road' shows Abhay meeting different people including a young boy, a tribal woman, a silly and a wise man during his journey. Abhay Deol will also be seen in ‘Aisha' also starring Sonam Kapoor and ‘Basra' (under his own production house) for which is he undergoing rigorous training in martial arts Krav Maga.

Often described as the thinking woman's Hero a source close to the actor concludes, "Abhay doesn't make movies for the heck of it. He always associates himself only with movies he believes in."