At the end of the interview, this writer whips out her phone to message a friend: If this is what 60 can look like, we needn’t be afraid. 

Camel cargos, white tee, and a chic man bun, actor Suniel Shetty is on time, ready to handshake hello at Bandra’s Mehboob Studio. His generation remembers him as the soft-spoken action star, having found fame with movies like Mohra, and later as the Supandi-style funny man in Hera Pheri, and the dark lover to Shilpa Shetty in Dhadkan. These days he is experiencing an excitement not very different from those days. Ahan Shetty, 25, debuts in Bollywood this Friday with Milan Luthria-directed Tadap. Produced by Sajid Nadaidwala, it stars Tara Sutaria opposite him in a love-gone-sour tale.
 
Ahan takes a seat beside his father, the Tulu genes shining bright. Ebony haired, he is strapping but smiles readily; he looks sure of himself without being cocky. Together, they make the unlikely celebrity dad and unusual star kid. In a freewheeling interview, their first together, they speak of living the “un-Bollywood life”.