Stardom happened to me when I was least expecting it.

I am happy that I have managed to keep my identity in every film even if I was not a central part of the film. When I did Satya, I knew the film was about the other performers but I felt that I would be able to make my presence felt and I did.

At present, our industry has come to a stage where you don't need to have star attraction to bring audiences to the theatres. This was proved by Madhur Bhandarkar after his Page 3 did well at the box-office.

There are many stars today who don't have star status anymore but they still behave like stars. Aamir Khan is one of the real stars in our industry. Though he is not doing any film, people want to know what he is doing in his life. He has star appeal. But the same thing does not hold true for many other actors.