/> A trained classical singer, Vikas Bhalla strayed into acting by chance. "All I ever wanted to do was sing," says Vikas. "But then I got the chance to play the lead in Sauda and I kind of strayed into acting,"

However Vikas' acting stint hasn't exactly been a grand success. Seen sporadically on screen Vikas played the vain and cocky Bollywood superstar in Willard Carroll's Marigold.

Laughs Vikas, "Though it was small role I loved the lines that my character had to speak. I was falling off the chair when the director was narrating my scenes to me."

Besides Marigold and Pyar Mein Twist (where he played Rishi Kapoor's son) Vikas has been missing from the large screen.

He did move into television to do the successful Shanno Ki Shaadi co-starring Divya Dutta, another Bollywod hopeful like Vikas waiting for meaty opportunities."

"Maybe I didn't push hard enough. Maybe bigger opportunities weren't meant for me. I never used any contacts to further my career," says Vikas who's married to popular character-actor Prem Chopra's daughter.

He's reluctant to talk about his family life besides admitting that he is happily married. "It feels good to have someone to return home to every evening. A family keeps you grounded and out of harm's reach,regardless of failure or success."

Vikas has now returned to his first love, singing in an album entitled Mehak Teri. "My first album Dhuan came ten years ago. Why the long break? The music industry was going through a major slump.

There was no scope for any non-film albums to make a dent. Things are still bad. Music gets heard, through downloads and ringtones, but doesn't get sold. The opportunity to do Mehak Teri just fell into my lap.

When a new music label Franfinn offered me the chance to do another album I jumped at it. Fortunately I'm being noticed in the music videos and some acting offers are again coming my way."

Tell him that only the guy ina cap singing nasally (Himesh Reshammiya) sells in the music market, and Vikas shoots back, "well, I did wear a cap while recording the songs. So I'm half-way there."