Newbie Furqan Merchant is on cloud nine. His film Identity Card has bagged three awards at international film festivals.

He says, `I am so glad that my film is getting such a great response and bagging awards everywhere it's being screened.` He adds, `The character I play in the film has more expressions than dialogues and that too with veteran actors like Saurabh Shukla, Brajendra Kala, Raghuvir Yadav among others.`

Furqan considers it the start of his journey in the film industry and wants to explore various facets of his acting prowess. `I am deeply inspired by Shah Rukh Khan and always wanted to act in an emotional film like Devdas.`

There's also been a trend of biopics and Furqan seems to be bitten by the bug. `I would love to star in a biopic of a great personality. It's exciting when such roles challenge you so much,` says Furqan.

Identity Card releases on August 29.