Quote

"To thine own self be true"

 

Fashion statement

Beach shorts, vest, slippers.

 

Aphrodisiac

A good party!

 

Dreams of working with

A.R. Rahman and Fatboy Slim.

 

Musical Artists/ Band

U2, Aerosmith and Vishal and Shekhar - Nikhil finds their take on bollywood music great.. "Quirky, in an intelligent way."

 

Author

Douglas Adams

 

Books

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. He's read them 4 times.

 

Cartoon Characters

Calvin and Hobbes

 

Movie stars

(Bollywood) Arshad Warsi, Tabu. (Hollywood) Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson

 

Movies

His favorite performances are Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman and As Good as it Gets.

 

Is there a book that really inspired you?

'Illusions' by Richard Bach. It's a ridiculous book; one can learn a lot from it.

 

Do you support any social causes?

Yea, the two-party movement: one party on Friday, one party on Saturday. Free and fair partying for all is what I believe!

 

And in your life, who are the people that matter the most to you?

My friends and family, and my wife, Pearl - she's beautiful and has an amazing sense of humor. She's passionate about music which is inspiring and a huge turn on.

 

Do you believe in God?

Yes. I'm anti-organized religion. Pro-god. Pro-whatever works for you. I don't believe in shoving anything down anyone's throat!

 

Where do you go to holiday?

Goa….once a year to Ibiza, and I try to go scuba diving as often as in can in the Maldives.

 

Your travel a lot…what has been your most exhilarating travel experience?

I've had a couple: Scuba diving with manta rays in the Maldives, partying all night long in Ibiza, sky diving over Nevada, bungee jumping in New Zealand…are a few.

 

Your idea of the perfect woman…

Tall.

 

You are known for your body art. How many tattoos do you have?

I have a few. All on my arms and shoulders. I have the Hotstuff cartoon character. I think I've always had a kinship with cartoon characters! Then I have Gandalf from Lord Of The Rings, the Nordic star and a Buddhist chant: Om mani padme hum.

 

And any other projects in the pipeline at the moment?

Yea, Raghu and I are working on a vaccine to eradicate Roadies Stupidity. Rannvijay is our guinea pig. All tests have been extremely successful!

 

You've done a couple of Bollywood films like Snip, Kudiyoon ka Hai Zamaana etc. What do you like more…MTV glory or Bollywood fame?

Neither. I'd like to be known as a music pioneer. Music is what motivates and drives me. Which is why I founded Submerge (submerge.in) - the largest Indian electronic dance music company in India.

 

So why did you decide to try out for the MTV VJ hunt?

I thought it would be fun. I've always tried to do things I haven't done before. Becoming a VJ happened to be one of the things I tried, and it worked out! When I auditioned, I was on a year-long break. If I hadn't auditioned, who knows…I might have ended up working as an architect.

 

What were you like as a child?

I was happy. I didn't have any ambitions or dreams. And as I grew up, I just went from one thing to another, and learnt a lot doing different things. At one point, I was working in theatre, and even wanted to be a bar tender. I had no direction. And because I had no direction, I tried out a lot of things and put it all together and created my life.