I don’t want to talk about Deepika: Muzammil Ibrahim

After becoming quite an eye candy in the fashion world, and the poster boy of Bollywood with his first film, “Dhokha”, Muzammil Ibrahim suddenly left everything and disappeared for five years.After bagging awards for Best Newcomer, why did you suddenly disappear from the Hindi film industry?After “Dhokha”, I started shooting for another film called “Horn Ok Pleassss”, starring Nana Patekar. I was playing a double role in the film and it was a very big film for me. I gave that movie all my time and dates, and I kept rejecting other offers. But, unfortunately that movie never released. I even refused “Raaz 2” and “Fashion”, as I was shooting for “Horn Ok Pleassss”. At that time it felt right. Let’s just say that I was naive and immature. I could not handle my success and my career at that time.Now do you think you’ve matured?Yes I have. I’ve learnt a lot in these five years. I don’t have the backing of a film family. Neither do I have a godfather, nor do I have a star girlfriend who will recommend me. I have to build it up on my own merit and I will. I won Gladrags when I was only 18 and did “Dhokha” when I was 22. Now I’m 26, and am better equipped to deal with the ways of the film industry.There were talks that you didn’t get work because of you’re unprofessional. You even fought with Pooja Bhatt, who gave you your first film.Pooja had seen my music videos and she called me from her office saying that she wanted to meet me. I met her and after having a formal chat, she told me that I was chosen as the hero for “Dhokha”. We even started filming, but we had some creative differences. But that is all past now, I would still love to work with her, if she ever decides to cast me in her film.What was it like, working in an ensemble cast in your last film “Will You Marry Me”?I was the youngest on the sets. Even Mugdha, who has been my senior in the modelling world, is older than me. Both Rajeev and Shreyas treated me like their younger brother. We partied and hung out together, but being the youngest, I was often the butt of all jokes. We all used to play pranks on each other all the time, it was so much fun.You had shot a scene for this film in which you were running in a mall in Dubai, while wearing a bikini...It was a nightmare. There were 15,000 people in that mall and my director asked me to run across it in a bikini. I was sweating before that scene, not knowing how I’ll do it, but when I finished that scene, people started applauding and I felt relieved. But I have to admit, I’ve received two bravery awards for saving people from drowning, and I never felt afraid, but this is the most daring stunt I’ve ever done.There are rumours that you are dating a Victoria’s Secret model.Next question please.You were dating Deepika Padukone at some point, weren’t you?I don’t want to talk about Deepika. With all due respect to her, she is doing great in her career and I wish her all the best. I’m also starting a new innings, and I don’t wish to look back.Are you dating anyone now?I am in a relationship. But I don’t want to reveal her identity. All I can say is that she is an international model, and she is from Italy. I met her in Milan and we both are going strong.