Purab on Gul Panag

To hear Purab Kohli talk, however, you'd feel that he has got the wrong part. He is thirty plus and then he delivers, "Gul Panag is a very attractive woman. You can make out from the attention that she got in Delhi." Then he laughs and seriously talks about his attractive co-star. Two years ago, he was sporting one of the best beards in Rock On. It's almost 2011 and now the beard is no more. But what remains is his mad female following. Heartthrob is his middle name.

Professionally, while some great actors become complacent with success, Purab, according to many directors, is still hungry, still 'excited to do something good' and even if Turning 30 is more about Gul Panag, he wants to prove that a supporting role is worth supporting a film, in more ways than just one. In person, Purab is warm and disarming. He's firm in his refusal to discuss what he doesn't want to and yet he's generous elsewhere.

He is still delighting to talk about his critically acclaimed Onir's I Am and expresses genuine solace in his audiences preferring more commercial cinema. That's what defines Kohli: pure, poignant, personal, playful and just about perfect. Our correspondent presents to you a man who is talking and walking everything that has to do with the 30's, Purab Kohli.