Bollywood hottie Imran Khan talks about love, luck and everything in between

Imran Khan likes to leapfrog from one topic to another during an interview, quickly sidetracked into mini-anecdotes. Sunday MiD DAY tries to keep up with the star of Soham Shah's Luck as he yaks on about sharks, 'Dansburg' beer and cooking Italian sausage in red wine.

When I met Jack
"When I was in the US, I worked on a show in which we entered a celebrity's home and shot them throwing a party. When I was in Robert Evans' house, Jack Nicholson came in. I was with the camera, trying to get a shot of him. He'd keep covering his face and walking off, so I felt bad. I walked up to him and said, "Sorry sir, I didn't mean to harass you." He patted me on my shoulder and said, "It's ok son, you're just doing your job. I understand." He was so gracious. I went home that night and his voice was echoing in my head. I couldn't sleep. The next day I bought One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining. I realised that when a star is nice to you, you'll forgive him anything. But if you are mean to someone, that's one person who's never going to buy your ticket again."

Swimming with sharks
"It was the first time I'd swum with sharks, during that scene in Luck, but I don't think it will be my last because I had fun. Our instructor told us, 'Sharks are always misrepresented in films.' They may be scary, but they're not dangerous. Most sharks go their entire lives without seeing a human. They know fish, turtles, jelly fish, octopi so when they see humans, the thought of eating them never crosses their minds. Sharks don't like the taste of humans. Every time they have bitten us, they spit us back out.
"So when I did go out into the water for Luck, I had no fear. I swam up to a metre of the sharks. I stared at them in the face."