One of Bollywood’s top actors has been having insights about his career so far. He has admitted that as he started off well there was a rough patch in the middle.

He says, “Yeah, it was a disastrous patch and this is where HUM SAATH SAATH HAI came in handy. There were also KACHCHE DHAAGE and KYA KEHNA which were decent successes and then of course DIL CHAHTA HAI, which was another landmark film”. Not knowing what genre suited him in the middle period he thought his career was coming to an end. But after he won Padma Sri that all must seem a long time ago, and maybe one of lifes many lessons.

“I would think that HUM TUM was a definite milestone film in my career. Yes, there was KAL HO NA HO which was a good success as well but then I was in a second lead there. HUM TUM was a solo hit and had the momentum going for me. Soon followed SALAAM NAMASTE for me which further set the pace in my career. In the earlier years, YEH DILLAGI was definitely a landmark movie. Then came MAIN KHILADI TU ANARI which again worked quite well for me.”

He adds, “Other than the aforementioned films like HUM TUM, SALAAM NAMASTE and KAL HO NA HO, diverse films like PARINEETA and EK HASEENA THI brought in further recognition. BEING CYRUS was nice and offbeat too and then considering the kind of perception that people had for me, OMKARA turned out to be huge as it showed quite some range. And now as we stand, I have a production like LOVE AAJ KAL. So yeah, it’s not that bad after all.”

Saif is now in production with a movie called “Agent Vinod.