Apparently Neil Nitin Mukesh has some secret hobbies to indulge in after a hard day's work.

The hobbies of the actor happen to be cooking and sketching. The buzz is that Neil is very fussy when it comes to his culinary passion. He wants all the vegetables cut in proper shape; he wants the right kinds of knives, spoons, ladles and pans to cook in; and he wants all the spices within his hand's reach.

His favourites dishes happen to be cheese fondue, which the actor is presently not having as he's pulling down for Madhur Bhandarkar's film 'Jail'.

He loves to sketch a lot too. Whenever he finds time, he takes a pencil or a charcoal and draws a portrait in his sketch book. He often sketches pretty faces from his imagination.

He's hooked on to photography too. The buzz is that he picked up the camera to beat his loneliness in the US while shooting for Kabir Khan's 'New York'. He became so fond of it that he continues to click pictures.

Well, must say this is one guy who likes to keep himself busy some way or the other!