Just a few days left for the release of your film 'Shaapit'...what are your feelings?
Oh, definitely the jitters have begun. I signed this film on 6th August 2008 and have been a part of it from the past one and a half years. My entire 2009 was dedicated for this film only. Everybody has worked very hard for the film. I do not know about Vikram Bhatt and Shwetha Aggrawal but I am surely very anxious. At the same time, I am very confident about the film.

Why did you choose a rather unconventional role for your debut instead of doing a romantic hero role?
Well, it is an adventure-horror movie. But the story and the soul of the film is essentially very young. It is a normal, sweet, love story but the difference is that they have been transported to some other world because of this curse.

The story is basically of this young couple of today who goes out for coffee, goes out clubbing but there comes a turn in their life and they get into some other world. So it is a love story with an adventure-horror backdrop.

What kind of preparations went into doing this kind of a role?
I actually slogged a lot mentally as well as physically for the role. When I went for my first look test, I was 20 years old and was supposed to look heroic. So I had to meet that challenge.

Vikram also asked me to work on my body and look fit for the role. There are two looks of Aman in the movie. Mentally also I had to work hard as I was put into a lot of challenges in my first film itself.

Why did you choose 'Shaapit' as your debut movie?
I was getting a lot of offers. I got very confused and finally I questioned myself as to what I wanted to do next. I was already doing television at that time and I knew that films were ultimately going to be my next step.

Because I am a cinema lover myself, I wanted to be a part of a film that would excite me, a film for which I shoot for as many days but each day I should look forward to something new and exciting. 'Shaapit' is exactly that kind of a film. Everyday it was a new experience.

I think this is the scariest Hindi movie of all time with a great script. So that is why when I heard the script for the first time I decided that this will be my first film.

You were supposed to make your debut with a film titled 'Hamari Jaan Ho Tum' opposite Soni Razdan's daughter. What happened to that film?
That was long time ago when I was 16 or 17. They just met me and discussed everything but nothing materialised. But I think I am fortunate that they thought of doing a film with me and in future also I would love to work with them.

From being a child artist to anchoring a TV show and now debuting as a lead actor...how has your journey been?
It's been fantastic. I sang my first song when I was 5 for the film 'Akele Hum Akele Tum'. Now I am 22 years old and I have been working continuously for seventeen long years. Music was my first interest because both my dad and mom belong to this field.

I used to accompany my dad for the recordings and my parents knew that I was inclined towards music. I started my musical training with Kalyanji Anandji.

I used to perform with them and through their show 'Little Wonders', I performed at Filmfare awards where Subhash Ghai noticed me and he signed me for 'Pardes'. And then there came a phase when my parents decided that I should lead a normal life. I decided to continue with my studies and then went to London where I studied music.

I was offered 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' when I was 19. I did all the three seasons for them and we had a lot of fun. The show increased my fan following and from the second season onwards I started getting phone calls for acting in films.

Surprisingly I was offered more acting roles than singing. It was very ironic as I was doing a musical show. Then finally 'Shaapit' happened and the rest is history.

Right since your 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' days, you have been quite an eye candy amongst the girls. How do you react to it?
I am very fortunate that I have a fan following amongst the girls. At this age when people appreciate, you get a lot of encouragement to do even better. I am lucky that people have accepted me and when you are accepted you get creative freedom to perform independently.

So I think whatever I am and whatever I will become in future, all the credit goes to my fans.

How was it working with Shwetha?
I had a lot of fun working with her and she has become a very good friend of mine. Our film was more like a picnic. After working seriously for eight to nine hours, we used to have fun.

Any incident that you remember from the film?
The first incident which I remember is the library sequence where for the first time we dealt with cables. 'Is film mein mujhe bahut maar padi hai, maine bahut pita hua debut kia hai'. I was beaten with chairs, tables...that was our first proper horror sequence.

The climax of our film was shot over 17 days which required me to look bad, beaten up and stinky. So, for that particular sequence, I did not take bath for nearly 17 days.

It wasn't something that one would like to repeat again and again though. When I saw the climax, I thought that this whole effort gave that added touch to the entire thing. So, I am very happy that I did not bathe for 17 days. Proud not to have bathed (laughs).

Do you think it was easier for you to get the film being a celebrity son?
No. See there are different kinds of celebrities such as singers, musicians and actors. There are some who are very famous and have loads of money and then there are others who are moderately rich.

My father has worked really hard to reach the stage of life where he is right now and I am very proud of that fact. I am very sure that if I wanted to pursue music as a career then he would have been a lot of help.

But I don't think that being from the music fraternity would make everything so easy. Like they say if you are a doctor and your son is a doctor then if you go to an operation theatre and they will give you a knife and say 'operation kijiye'.

You have to learn a lot and I think you do get a chance to do what you believe in. It is what you do of that one chance. And that chance does not some with a pre warning, it just comes anytime. My parents' help has been very instrumental, their support and trust and encouragement has really helped me in life.