After his debut film, the 29-year-old went on to share screen space with Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan and Akshay Kumar. Then in 2013, `Aashiqui 2` -- about a fallen singer Rahul Jaikar, portrayed by Aditya -- `changed things` for him.
`I feel so grateful that 'Aashiqui 2' came to my life and changed things for me... I doubt I'll play second lead again,` Aditya said. `Right now I am going through a time where people are offering me good roles and films. If I continue to be lucky, work hard and do well, I guess I'll continue doing this. But I'm not setting anything in head. If I've an interesting small role in a film with a director I'd love to work with, I might do it,` added the video jockey-turned-actor.
So far, he is content with his acting career, which he took up without `planning anything`.
`I was a VJ and it just happened with time,` he said.
He is filming `Fitoor`, helmed by Abhishek Kapoor, and he is not in a mood to go on a script signing spree.
`I feel like I want to work more and like more scripts. But I have to find something that I like too. After 'Daawat-e-Ishq', it's been a while on sets. I'm happy to be on sets. For that reason, I want to do more films. That's the best part of the job... Not film promotions or anything else,` said Aditya.
He is now eyeing comedy movies.
`I would love to do a comedy. You get to enjoy a lot. The environment is also different on sets. People are not serious. My favourite comedy, which I've seen in the last few years, is 'Delhi Belly'. That was amazing.
`The writing was so interesting. My brother (Kunaal) was there in the movie. He did such an amazing job. 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' and 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' were also nice,` he said.
Aditya grew up watching action films like `Rambo` and the actor wants to try that genre too.
`I grew up watching Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Lee. I would love to do an action film,` he said.
But producing films is something that the brother of Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director of Studios, Disney UTV, wants to stay away from.
`I don't think I've the brain to produce films. That's a different ballgame. But the more films I do, the more I realise how tough it's to direct. It's man-management thing... you need to have knowledge about every aspect of filmmaking.
`And most importantly you need to have something to say. Right now I'm still learning how to do this job properly. But I do have a passion for it. Maybe, someday,` he said.