Darsheel Safary was 10 years old when he debuted as Ishaan in the 2007 film `Taare Zameen Par`. Pic/Nimesh Dave

It would take a second look to recognise Darsheel Safary today. But, as he keeps repeating, it`s been 10 years since he made a stunning debut in `Taare Zameen Par`. He is rehearsing for his new play, Can I Help You? in Juhu when we meet him on a cloudy Wednesday afternoon. He plays Rikhav, a teenage fast bowler, who is on the verge of committing suicide when he meets an odd bunch of characters and his life changes. “I decided to do theatre as I am also at the weird age, where I can neither play a child nor a full-blown grown up. And I still look young,” he laughs, and we agree. He looks younger than his 19 years and has been busy in the past few years with a few films (he last appeared in Mira Nair`s Midnight`s Children in 2012), advertisements and special appearances in TV series.