Muzaffarnagar is 40 kilometers from my village. So I used to see films if I was able to save money and on special occasions like Eid, Diwali.

The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter.

In 'Haraamkhor,' I have explored a few things which I wouldn't have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste.

There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.

I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.

Even though I hated doing farming and wanted to just get out of the village, I would work from 5 in the morning till 5 in the evening.