India's own Harry Potter

Athit Naik, who will be seen as a protagonist in Aabra Ka Daabra prefers Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter as the latter is for kids.
The eighth standard student of Mumbai’s St Gregorias is not a new face in Bollywood. He was seen in Mujhse Dosti Karoge, Janasheen, Bhagat Singh, Saya and also as Preity Zinta’s brother in Kal Ho Na Ho.
“This is my first film in the lead,” he says. “I am slightly nervous now that the film will be releasing this Friday.”
He plans to join the NDA after his education as "the Army instills discilpline in you and teaches you to give your best shot to everything.” Though he does not mind returning to acting after the disciplined schedule and he aims it big. He wants to be an ‘Amitabh Bachchan’.
This big-time fan of Tom Cruise is not particularly interested in girls. “They are very talkative, you know. When we study in class, they suddenly start screaming.”
A lover of mathematics, he loves to juggle between his shooting schedules and homework. “My friends are great, they always help me out with notes, but that’s basically because I don’t have an attitude thing like other actors.”

Published in Hindustan Times Next on January 5, 2005