Virdas, 32, STAND-UP COMIC
I would fail in almost every subject except English. In Class 11 and 12, I was taught the subject by my teacher Surjit Khanna. She got me hooked on to debating, acting and theatre. I love the stage because of her. When I would fail in my exams, at PTA meetings, she would tell my parents that I would do something with my life. I had travelled abroad to be an Economics Major but took up an acting class just for fun. It was one of my teachers, Ivan Davidson, who told me that I am not meant to be in Economics and that I should become an actor. He told me to shut up for the next four years and to take every class that he asked me to take. He trained me to become an actor.