Saawariya

…debut as a lead in Saawariya (2007; “Beloved”). He played a singer at a bar who falls in love with a woman (played by Sonam Kapoor, in her debut role) waiting for her lover’s return. The film was a commercial failure. In 2008 he starred in his first box-office hit,…

…as a sex worker in Saawariya (2007; “Beloved”), costarring Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in their debuts; an investigative reporter in No One Killed Jessica (2011), based on the 1999 murder of Indian model Jessica Lall; a grieving mother in Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012; “Search”), costarring Aamir Khan;…