On being gifted the first ticket of his upcoming film Kalki 2898 AD at the pre-release event, the veteran actor reminisced about waiting three weeks to watch Sholay. He said, "I waited three weeks to watch it. I never imagined I would be here receiving the first day first show ticket from Mr Amitabh Bachchan. I was a film technician then, and now I am an actor. Nothing has changed."