I never wanted to leave Delhi: Pulkit Samrat

I never wanted to leave Delhi, says actor Pulkit Samrat, who was in the capital a while back
Movies in Kamla Nagar, doctor in Vijay Nagar
I have spent a lot of time in Vijay Nagar as a kid. We used to go to the Nanak Piao Gurdwara. I used to fall ill a lot when I was a kid, so I used to go to see a doctor in Vijay Nagar. We would go to watch films in Kamla Nagar, and while returning, each time we crossed the petrol pump opposite the Gurdwara, our car would break down.Ashok Vihar is where I spent my childhood, my nani lives there. I used to stay there and prepare for my boards since my school was in Ashok Vihar.
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Whenever in Delhi, I stay at home
Whenever I’m in Delhi for work, I stay at home, in Shalimar Bagh, instead of hotels, because there’s nothing like sleeping in your own bed. I love being with my family. They were a little apprehensive when I said that I wanted to go to Mumbai and become an actor. At first, they thought ki keeda hai, nikal jaayega. But baad mein pata chala ki yeh toh bimaari hai. Finally, they let me go for a year to try my luck, asked me to come back if nothing happened. Nothing happened in that one year, but I didn’t come back. After that, I got my first break, and I didn’t have to return. I was a kid who never wanted to leave home. I’d never go for school trips. I’m the eldest child and I was so pampered at home that I never wanted to go anywhere. I used to think, camping mein kya karna hai jaake, jungle mein sula denge, nahin jana.
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The fun of being in Delhi
I try to visit Delhi as often as possible. I love the winter here, I love to wear nice stylish jackets during winter. There is no winter in Mumbai. The temperature touches 18 degrees, and people start shivering over there! In Delhi, I love to be in the rajai and eat moongfali, sarson ka saag and makki ki roti – that’s the fun of being in Delhi. Whenever I’m driving around the city, it reminds me ki yaar, yahan pe yeh hua tha, wahan woh kia tha. Yahan pe dates pe jaate thay, wahan pe momos khaate thay.
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Fried fish in Karol Bagh, north campus' momos
Ganesh in Karol Bagh sells very good fried fish and tandoori chicken. His father was famous for taking out fried fish from the kadhai with his own hand. He would dip his hand in the boiling oil, and quickly take out the pieces of fish. The shop would sell all the fish and chicken within an hour or two of opening, and only then would the other shops on the same street open. Their food is outstanding. I’ll change my name if you don’t find the juiciest pieces of chicken over there! I’m a big foodie. Whenever I’m in Delhi, I make it a point to go there, and visit some other places, including Karim’s – I love the chicken jahangiri and tandoori bakra there – and a particular samosewala in Patel Nagar. Tandoori momos from QD’s (in North Campus) is another thing I love. I miss all this in Mumbai.
Delhi is lucky for me
Delhi has always been lucky for me. I should make it a point to include at least one scene in Delhi in all my films. When I did Bittu Boss, I had to take all the Mumbai out of me, and become a Delhi guy again. That process was really good. Delhi is where my roots are, and that gives me a certain individuality.
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