1. What first attracted you to Race?

The action adventure spirit of the film and also that I hadn’t done a thriller for a while.

2. Tell us about the character you play in Race?

My character is called Ranvir Singh who is the older of two half brothers. My character lives in South Africa where he is known as a ruthless businessman who owns a stud farm and is passionate about horse racing. Basically he’s passionate about playing with danger and outsmarting everyone.

3. Can you tell us a little about the story?

Well as you can probably tell from the promos, the film is set in South Africa against the backdrop of horse racing. It’s a simple story about the 2 bothers who are out to beat each other in an emotional game of betrayal, lust, greed, love and murder. It’s a brilliant thriller in typical Abbas Mastan style but on this one they’ve raise the bar. Its got a lot of twists and turns in it so the story will be best understood on the big screen.

4. What was the biggest challenge of acting in the film?

Well I’ve not done this sort of a glossy action adventure type of a film before so it was a great experience for me as well as an interesting challenge to be the shrewd, suave character who will do almost anything to get what he wants. In doing so I was doing a lot of action sequences myself which was fun.

5. Why did you decide to do some of the death-defying stunts yourself?

It’s a rush! That’s what the film needed and nowadays when almost everyone is doing stunts themselves, it wouldn’t look right on screen to have stunt double…

6. Were you scared at any point?

Yes of-course but that was part of the fun we had while shooting.

7. How much of a high did you get doing them?

Amazing high to just blow up stuff!

8. Which of the three leading ladies do you think is the hottest?

I like them all! They’re all hot and why not…that’s what the film is all about.

9. The expectations surrounding your films are really high now, does that put pressure on you?

I’m glad actually that people are expecting high quality of work from me now. It shows I’ve reached a certain standard. I see it as a positive challenge to do something new or different – its no pressure.

10. Women already love your look in the film, who decided on it?

Anaita Shroff Adajania has done the costumes in the film who also worked on Dhoom 2 so I guess she know exactly what she’s doing…It’s an urbane rich look which I also enjoy wearing.

11. What are Abbas Mastan like as directors?

Absolutely fabulouse! They know what they’re looking for in every shot and are clear with the instructions. They’re also very passionate and believe in what they’re doing on every film.

12. Can you give a message to your fans in the UK?

Watch Race and I hope I wont disappoint.