At first, Arya Iyer can be quite a handful, almost unlikeable, as he rants about the barricades on city roads or emphasises his right to walk in the buff in the men’s locker room. But trust R Madhavan to lend his innate charm to the role and bring it alive in Decoupled. “I wanted to see how I could make Arya acceptable without making him a jerk. He is one of those guys who say things as they are; he does not have any filters,” says the actor.

Surveen Chawla and R Madhavan in the series