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He dreamed of being a star as a child but now three-films-old in Bollywood,Sahukar is not enamoured by the glitter of tinsel-town and says that he has no ambitions to be a full-time actor.

Sahukar will next be seen playing a nouveau rich Punjabi boy in Aisha,after which he plans to concentrate on the small screen and his stand-up routine. “I don’t consider Bollywood the be-all and I am not going to turn down other good work so that I can be a Bollywood actor. I want to do good work,be it in radio,TV or films,” Sahukar who shot to fame as a video jockey on MTV,said.

The 29-year-old teams up with Sonam Kapoor once gain for Aisha,after their stint together in ‘Delhi-6’ and though the two are good friends,Sahukar rubbishes reports of a romantic liasion. “I was not even in Mumbai when they first reported that I have been spotted on a date with Sonam. My life as reported by the media is far more exciting than it really is. I have worked with Sonam in two films,so we are friendly and that’s it,” said Sahukar.

Beginning his acting career with theatre at the age of 11,Sahukar made his Bollywood debut with a small role in Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’s ‘Rang De Basanti’. The director was impressed and the actor was roped in to play Suresh,a two-timing photographer who fancies Sonam Kapoor’s character Bittu in Delhi-6

In the multistarrer Aisha,Sahukar plays one among a gang of super rich friends living it up in Delhi and he had a great time shooting because the cast comprised of young stars like Abhay Deol,Arunoday Singh and Sonam Kapoor. “We shot in farm houses in Delhi and in Rishikesh among other places and it was so much fun. I found out that you would get the best food,if you ordered saying that it was for Abhay,” said Sahukar.

Other than films,Sahukar is busy shooting for a ‘mockumentary’ which will see him live with total strangers and is also set to return to stand-up comedy. “Like I said earlier,to me work is more important than the medium,” said Sahukar.