First ray of light

“Shooting in Kashmir was a fantastic experience. The weather is perfect,the sky is always just above your head and the people you meet during the shoot are very interesting,” says this graduate in English Literature,Creative Writing and Journalism. Ask him what interests him most from among the trio and he says,“My various interests do not have to be mutually exclusive. I believe in giving equal measure of attention to them all.”

An active blogger,who gives free rein to his musings at sufisoulselective.blogspot.com,Singh is the grandson of veteran Congress politician Arjun Singh. Thoughts of getting into politics,however,he says are few and far between. “It’s a legacy I chose to walk away from,” he asserts. A strapping 6 ft 4,Singh will be seen in Vinay Shukla’s Mirch next. “After that,there’s the screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma,opposite Sonam Kapoor,directed by Rajshri Ojha,” he informs. Grapevine has it that in this movie,

Singh essays the role of Frank Churchill,while Abhay Deol plays George Knightley and Cyrus Sahukar is Philip Elton. An alumni of the Kodaikanal International School,which he joined at age six,Singh says he has a special affiliation to Pune since most of his former teachers in Kodaikanal are now settled here and that on his visit to town next month,catching up with them would be on top of his agenda.