/> After an exhilarating time at BAFTA (The British Academy Of Film & Television Arts) on Sunday evening where he hobnobbed with, ahem ahem, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke and Harvey Weinstein, Anil Kapoor took off for Paris on Monday night with his wife Sunita for what qualifies as a second honeymoon.

Getting uncharacteristically romantic and nostalgic the actor who only looks into the future suddenly takes a journey into his courtship days. "Not too many people know this. But during our student days Sunita and I had gone to France, not Paris but Nice, with a bunch friends."

It was there that love really blossomed.

Blushes Anil, "Those were the days. We had no money. I remember I had 10-15 Francs in my pocket and I wanted to show Sunita the entire city, ha ha. We'd have a hearty breakfast in the hotel and I'd stuff the bread from the hotel in my pocket to eat later for lunch."

Anil had vowed he would take Sunita back to France one day and give her the royal treatment.

Says the actor, "We're taking a train from London to Paris. It's all very romantic. But let's not hype it up before it happens. It's a rare holiday for us, just the two of us.

Though Paris is Sonam's favourite city she couldn't accompany us because she's shooting. And in a way I'm glad, " grins Anil who has just spent an evening hobnobbing with the who's who of Hollywood at BAFTA.

"Do you know, I shook hands with and congratulated Katheryn Bigelow the minute she got the best director award? It was such glorious moment for women director. Everyone thought James Camerron would get it for Avatar."

Anil also got to spend a lot of time with his friend Mickey Rourke. The two got close during Anil's stint for Oscar promotion of Slumdog Millioniare in Los Angeles.

But Anil completely rubbishes reports in a section of the Mumbai press about collaborating with Rourke.

"There's absolutely no truth to this.Why should I collaborate with Mickey or any other Hollywood actor? I want our cinema and actors to be accepted in the West on our own terms."

Anil also got to meet and spend time with superstar Matt Damon.

"In fact." Says Anil excitedly, "Matt and I were on the same table and spent a lot of time discussing cinema. Of course he has seen Slumdog. It's astonishing how much Matt knew about Indian cinema."

The other actor Anil hugely enjoyed fraternizing with is Christopher Waltz who won the best supporting actor award for Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.

Says Anil, "I loved Christopher's speech. He said if there was no Quentin, no Brad Pitt and no co-actors and technicians he wouldn't be there.I've always believed in that work ethic. Filmmaking is a team effort and an actor is just a part of that team."

Last year Anil participated at BAFTA for Slumdog Millionaire. This year he was just an observer.

But no regrets. "It was great fun to be at BAFTA a second time in a row. I was asked on the red carpet how different it felt this time. To me it didn't feel any different."

Incidentally Anil's wife did not accompany him to the BAFTA function. Anil went with a friend, thereby confirming the belief that Mrs Kapoor likes to stay away from her husband's career.

Now he's off to Paris with the promise to not think about work.

Of course he's joking.