/> Hrithik has found an ideal antidote to the literate periodicity that pervaded his being during Jodhaa Akbar. He has gone straight to the pop-art of advertising biscuits.

On Saturday he was in Goa shooting for an ad with the gifted Navdeep Singh who last year directed that talked-about noire film Manorama 6 Feet Under.

It's one more ad for a biscuit company. The last time Hrithik shot an ad for the same guys it showed him waltzing ethereally with Isha Shravani. This time Hrithik's partner in the ad format is an upcoming model Gunjan Bakshi who has so far done mainly ads for the print medium.

But sad luck, Gunjan! This time Hrithik doesn't dance in the ad.

And that's quite a change for the actor. "I'm aware a majority of the ads expect me to put on my dancing shoes. I can't say I've consciously avoided dancing for this one.

But yes, when you sit down to create something with like-minded people ideas to tend to be tossed freely and feelingly. I did feel the dancing bit in the ads was becoming tedious."

Hrithik doesn't do much dancing in his next release Jodhaa-Akbar. And that isn't because he injured his knee during the shooting.

"That's completely untrue. I didn't get injured during Jodhaa-Akbar. My knee had been suffering for a long time. I just let it be. Until it came to a point where it could take no more."

The plus side of the injury is that Hrithik got to spend more time with his wife and son Hrehaan.

The downside? "Well, here I am in Goa surrounding by the sun and sand. I'm staring at this inviting expanse of beach leading into a stretch of the bluest sea I've ever seen.

And all I want to do is run with the sand and see flapping on my feet and face. But I can't do that.Thanks to my knee. I've to behave myself if I want to again do what I love doing the most, namely action and dance."

Incidentally Hrithik and hhis wife Sussanne are expecting their second child in May. "I don't want to say much about this. But yes, we're both very excited. I thought my excitement level would be lower the second time around. But it's as high."

Would Hrithik like his second child to be a baby brother for Hrehaan?

"No." says Hrithik firmly. "I want a girl this time."