In the small town of Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, there lived a boy whose dreams were bigger than his family could afford. In a village where education is hard to get, he, along with his six brothers and two sisters, managed to get whatever they could. In what seemed like a scenario straight out of a typical Bollywood film, the village only knew three things — wheat, sugarcane, and guns. The guns aspect made this lower-middle-class family fear for their safety and move out in search of a better livelihood. While the family continued to have a decent living after the move, this boy completed his graduation from a university in Haridwar and then worked as a chemist at a petrochemical company in Baroda. Unable to cope, he moved to Delhi and worked as a watchman at various places. In this process, he frequently visited theatres and plays and started to participate in them. He went on to join the National School of Drama (NSD) and graduated from it in 19...