 He worked at a video store as an errand boy and dropped off cassettes to people from many walks of life including dance bar girls and film stars.He also sold chewing gum at traffic signals and worked as an assistant to small-time directors for a salary of 1000.He is a great devotee of the Hindu God Siddhivinayak and has been walking from his house in Khar, Mumbai to the temple for the past 18 years on every Tuesday.