Shahid Kapoor the cutie-pie hero has been at the No 4 slot on the Times 50 Most Desirable Men, twice in a row. Soon Shahid will start work on Kunal Kohli's next romantic film with his current date Priyanka Chopra. The PC-Shahid romance has gained great momentum in recent weeks after their appearance on Koffee with Karan. Mercifully, Shahid doesn't shy away from the topic "I am very fond of Priyanka.'' Admits Shahid.

Shahid says he enjoyed the experience of being on the talk show with PC. "I've been getting amazing feedback on that show,'' he laughs. "It just so happens that people know only the more staid, introverted Shahid. They've not gotten a chance to see the other more interactive me. I decided that on Koffee... I would show them the fun side of me." Warming up to the topic of Priyanka, Shahid adds, "My mother Neelima is Muslim, my father is a Punjabi. We are a vociferous family. None of us shy away from expressing our feelings. If and when I decide to get engaged, I will certainly not hide it."

On the professional front, Shahid is confident his dad's first directorial debut Mausam will create ripples. "I am more a son on the set than an actor. I do not feel like a superstar. I just feel like an actor who wants to go out there and do his best. I have tremendous faith in dad. And I'm enjoying the experience of working with him."

Shahid Kapoor, who turns 30 a month later, says that he's done movies in the past because his girlfriend was in it, but not anymore ... “I had no experience, so I used to do films for different reasons. At times I would do a film because I was excited about working with a certain director, sometimes I would be insecure about sitting at home, sometimes because my girlfriend (We assume he means Kareena!) was in it, different reasons, sometimes even because people used to tell me to.”

On being comfortable now when spotted with ladylove Priyanka ...
I will live my life the way that I do and I've learnt that it's a part of the profession and that things will be written about you and people would want to speculate. I am not going to get scared or get worried about that and not live my life. I think that I am answerable to the people that I am answerable to and not to the media as such regarding my personal life...

No emotional decisions anymore...
I wouldn't say those were emotional decisions, I just think there was lack of experience, so I was trying everything. Acha yaar aisa bhi try kar lete hain... waisa bhi try kar lete hain... Then, it's only over a period of time that you discover yourself as an actor and the person, which I think I have in the last few years. So, I feel comfortable now taking decisions.

A superstar in the making but always been a step or two behind that title...
That's ok, I don't live my life by titles. I feel terrible about the comparisons with everybody because I feel I am really undeserving of being compared to someone like a Shah Rukh Khan or Aamir Khan or any of these people who have had such achievements. There's a long way for me to go and I don't want that pressure on me, frankly. Like I said, it's not easy when you don't have anyone backing you.