'Daddy's acting range is so vast that I will not be to match it ever. He could play Ramkrishna Paramhans as convincingly as he could play a don. Of the recent stars, I am a great fan of Sunny Deol, Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapur,' Mimoh told in an interview.
However, the young actor has no pre-release jitters.
'Not at all. I don't want to sound a braggart, but I have done my best in 'Jimmy' and I am sure people will like my performance in it.'
Asked if his father gave him acting tips, Mimoh said: 'He only said 'be honest to yourself, to your profession and try to give a hundred percent to it'.'
Mimoh has been signed by Popcorn Entertainment for 'Loot,' which also has Suniel Shetty, Govinda and Javed Jaffrey in the cast and he is in producer-director Salim Akhtar's next movie as well.
Excerpts from an interview:
Q: You were a roly-poly kid. But, today, you are fit as a fiddle. Did you get this physical transformation in order to break into movies?
A: When I was a child, it had never occurred to me that I might become an actor one day. How could a fat boy become an actor? I thought I would never be able to lose weight.
At that time my ambition was to become a space scientist. I read about NASA and wanted to be a part of it. Today, what I say may sound bombastic, but that was my thought process as a child.
Q: At what stage did the thought process change?
A: The change came over me when I was in high school.
Q: Your friends might have been in awe of you because you were a son of star parents.
A: I took the stardom of my parents for granted. I became aware of it when people referred to it. My parents brought me up as a normal child.
Q: Did your parents ask you to consider taking up acting as a profession when you grew up?
A: Daddy did when his good friend, producer-director B. Subhash, called him up and said he would like to cast me in one of his movies. Subhashji had made the trend-setting 'Disco Dancer' with my daddy and so he weighed the proposal seriously.
He asked me would I be interested. When I said, yes, he told me to shed my fat, keep off the MacDonald burgers I was addicted to, do the workouts and diet to keep my body fit.
For about three years, I followed his instructions and gradually I started looking the way I am today. Daddy sent me to the New York Film Academy to do a short course in acting.
Q: Did your father also give you acting tips when you decided to turn professional?
A: He only said 'be honest to yourself, to your profession and try to give a hundred percent to it'.
Daddy's acting range is so vast that I will not be able to match it ever. He could play Ramkrishna Paramhans as convincingly as he could play a don. Of the recent stars, I am a great fan of Sunny Deol, Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapur.
Q: And of the actress?
A: Priyanka Chopra, of course!
Q: What is 'Jimmy' all about?
A: The movie is of a thriller genre. I play the title role Jimmy, an automobile engineer who is a DJ at night. I am paired opposite debutante Vivvana. How an incident changes the course of Jimmy's life is what, in short, the movie is all about. Sorry, I am not allowed to give more details than this.
Q: What's up in the future?
A: I have already been signed by Popcorn Entertainment for 'Loot', which also has Suniel Shetty, Govinda and Javed Jaffrey in the cast. I will also do producer-director Salim Akhtar's next movie. Talks are going on with many other producers.
Q: Any pre-release jitters as 'Jimmy' will hit the screen tomorrow?
A: Not at all. I don't want to sound a braggart, but I have done my best in 'Jimmy' and I am sure people will like my performance in it.