/> It's impossible to pin down Darsheel Safary for even a semblance of a conversation. This wasn't the case with him just after the release of Taare Zameen Par (TZP) when the success of the film had just begun to sunk in.

Today the kid is seriously looking at superstardom at age 11.

"I'm enjoying all this attention of course. Achcha lag raha hai. But when I did TZP it was just something I tried out. I didn't know how it would turn out. But suddenly it became a big hit."

Ask him if he intends to do another film, and Darsheel rattles of his pre-rehearsed diplomatic lines. "I don't know whether I'll do another film or not.

I may do one more film in the future. My mom and dad are looking after all that.I'm only focusing on my studies. No acting for me right now. I'm totally concentrating on my studies."

In the same breath he tells me he has lost most of his friends. "They've changed totally. I only have some friends left...maybe six in all. The rest have all left me. They're all the time trying to pull me down.

They're a little jealous of me. When I'm passing by in my car they go, 'Hey Darsheel Darsheel. Photo photo'. But I'm happy with my six friends."

Darsheel seems nonchalant. "I don't know why my friends have changed. Maybe because I've acted in a movie."

Suddenly Darsheel sees his image in a mirror and is highly tickled. He giggles inconsolably.

Final question. How does it feel to be nominated alongside Shah Rukh Khan for the best actor award?

"It feels normal. I'm fine. You mean no one my age has been nominated before? I feel good about it."

Darsheel's business manager Priyanka Bhattacharya adds, "He's a brat. He hasn't signed any more films. But there're talks. However Darsheel has just gone from Class 5 to 6 and he has more studies on hand. However if something really interesting comes up I'm sure he can manage it."