/> Maddy's is a bit mad and sad. He's moved into his brand new home in Chennai with his wife, baby boy and parents.

"Ideally, Diwali is a time when we're all together—my wife Sarita's parents (who are like my parents) and my own....This time moving into a new house meant more reason to celebrate Diwali in a big way. Unfortunately my wife will be in Dubai. And I'll be shooting in Kolkata for Rituparno Ghosh's Sunglass."

Sighing deeply, Maddy brightens up. "But I'll make sure Diwali with Ritu, Jaya-ji and Konkona will be special. We were supposed to shoot in Sikkim but now it's Kolkata. I'm really looking forward to that.

I've discovered a huge fan following in that city. I thought I wasn't even known in the East. But the female attention has been pretty much mind-boggling. I must say fans in Kolkata are very very affectionate," he grins wickedly.

Apparently there were incidents where over-enthusiastic girls in Kolkata barged into his hotel room with their own plans for Maddy.

"But I've clearly drawn my laksman-rekha with female fans. I could write a book about how to wriggle out of the clutches of insistent fans who want more than a handshake. A picture of your wife and son in the wallet and a cold shower really help."

Maddy has already had two releases Rang De Basanti and Thambi (in Tamil) this year. "I've two more, again in Hindi and Tamil coming up. There's Rendu in Tamil (which is directed by actress Khushboo's husband Sundar Shri) where I've played my first double role.

Unlike other such films Rendu doesn't harp on mistaken indentities. It's an actioner, which is unsual for a double role film...as for Guru, Mani Rathnam has done an awesome job.

Abhishek Bachchan is going to move forward by at lead twenty steps after this film. The rest of the cast is also vital. In a film by Mani Sir there're no small roles. I should know. Guru is my fifth film with the Mani's unit."

Right now Maddy is as pleased as a punch about Sunglass. "I can't wait for it to be released. I get to play a man who's itching to have an extra-marital affair. Since I've never had the urge in my own marriage it's interesting to peek into an unfaithful mind."

Any role models for the roving-eyed character? "Sanjeev Kumar in Pati Patni Aur Wohand Salman Khan in Biwi No 1 were devastatingly funny. Ritu says I bring the same quality of mischievous adultery....like a little boy caught with his hand in a cookie jar. Very different from the upright sober and very very dead lieutenant I played in Basanti."

Maddy is already missing his wife and son. "I don't want him to travel too much right now. The bugs are getting really dangerous."