LOOKING BACK LOOKING FORWARD

WHETHER IT'S LOVE, LIFE OR CAREER, GULSHAN DEVAIAH HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED IN FOLLOWING HIS GUT. HE SHARES HIS SURVIVAL MANTRAS WITH SUMAN SHARMA

According to the rumours, you seem to be courting your ex-wife Kallirroi Tziafeta again.

We create relationships, but we don’t work on strengthening them. You have to look after that relationship. In order to retain whatever good remains in our relationship, it is important that we separate. Now we are focusing on building our relationship again.

Any mistakes in the relationship that you would never want to repeat again...

Many times, I say something that hurts the other person. If I am experiencing some pain, then I unleash it on the other person. Now I am trying not to do so. I could have communicated better after the relationship. I could have remained patient, which I did not. No matter how much patience I had, it was insufficient for my partner. This is a mistake that I will not repeat again.

You began your career with Anurag Kashyap but did not work closely with him. Why is that?

I didn’t work with Anurag Kashyap after Shaitan, but I’m now working on a film with him. He is my senior. He gave me work, so I respect him. When he married my friend Kalki Koechlin, we met frequently. When they both broke up, it impacted my relationship with him as well, because Kalki is a close friend of mine. But now everything is fine. I have been friends with Kalki since 2008. We both share a special bond. Kalki is not superficial. She is relaxed and genuine. We have everything—a difference of opinion, fights, as well as friendship. We don’t talk often, as she is busy with her daughter and her new husband. I met her recently in Goa. She is a bit stressed as her partner is from Israel and things are not going well in his country.