/> Who's spreading all the rumours about Shiney's high-handedness?

The upcoming actor has no clue. "I first heard I was throwing my weight around, making constant demands on the sets, asking for juice constantly as though I was some kind of a juice monster. Of course I do have juice on sets. But what's so starry about that?

As for my staff, please ask them if I ever throw my weight around. I even heard that Sudhir Mishra is fed up of my behaviour on the sets of my new film when in fact he has been and continues to be my biggest supporter."

There were also rumours of differences with his Woh Lamhe co-star Kangana. "I've no problems with Kangana at all. You'll have to ask her if she has a problem with me. In fact life couldn't get any better for me. So many things have come up simultaneously. I'm shooting non-stop till the end of April."

He has decided he'll only do the films that will further his career and for no other reason except because it feels right.

Says Shiney, "I've done enough films for sentimental reasons. Now I need to take some hard career decisions. In fact my new film for T Series with Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan to be directed Priyadarshan is my first step towards a more commercial cinema. I suddenly have people coming to me with viable projects."

Shiney's career couldn't get shinier. He had two releases Woh Lamhe and Zindaggi Rocks on two consecutive Fridays. But he wasn't nervous. "I just took off to Dubai to shoot my first ad."

It's a Vodka ad. " It was my first endorsement after I became an actor and my first as a brand ambassador. We worked with a South African and German crew. Tejal Pattni did the cinematography. Of course I used to be modeling before movies.

I don't mind doing an alcohol ad. I come from an army background where social drinking is seen as permissible. These Vodka guys insisted that I'm the right person for it. And they told me they'd have no other brand ambassador."

About his hugely supportive role as the man who looks after the troubled female protagonist in both his new releases Shiney smiles. "My performances in Woh Lamhe and Zindagi Rocks could've easily fallen apart. I'm reminded of Irrfan Khan in Maqbool. Though he played the title role it was Pankaj Kapoor who was center of attention.

I guess I was placed in a similar situation in Woh Lamhe. Even in Gangster people complained I wasn't seen enough. At least people didn't have that complaint when they saw me in Zindaggi Rocks. I narrate the whole story and I'm there from beginning to end."

Shiney is a little tired of being seen in dark films about desperate measures. "Everyone seems to think I'm this intense actor, and I can't seem to do anything about that image. I just happened to get these roles and I liked them.

In fact, though Hazaar Khwahishein ....was an intense film I was cocky and funny...I don't want to be labeled a serious actor. I crave to do a singing dancing role. I thoroughly enjoyed doing the Kya yehi pyar hai music-video for Woh Lamhe."

Isn't he purposely choosing films that compound his serious image? " There was never any question of not doing Mahesh Bhatt's Woh Lamhe or Sudhir Mishra's new film Khoya Khoya Chand because I owed them. They gave me Gangster and Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi. So many people have called ...In fact Zindaggi Rocks was my lunge towards a more mainstream cinema."

He shrugs off rumours of professional tension with Kangana. "There's no friction from my end. Kangana is my co-star in two films. I feel we get along quite well. But she said something in an article that really surprised me. Whenever we're together we're very comfortable with each other. It's best to keep things pleasant. Because you never know if you'll work together again."

His closing thoughts on Zindaggi Rocks. "Everyone worked very hard on the film. And the director Tanuja Chandra hasn't been seen in theatres for quite a while. Contrary to to the promotion Zindaggi Rocks wasn't just a musical. It was a very emotional story.

I wish the drama had been more prominently projected in the marketing. I've done what I've to with utmost sincerity. I try to survive in the showbiz jungle to the best of my abilities. I'm an outsider trying my best to find a foothold."