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Chennai is such a beautiful place to perform in. The city is lovely, and the people, even more so.

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

Chennai is one of the scariest crowds to face. Everyone looks so conservative, but once you crack the first joke, they are so appreciatively loud that they will hit you with a laugh that will scare you stiff and yet give you energy. Chennaiites give me the loudest laughs; it's the coolest crowd to perform for.

Traffic in the streets of Bombay is chaotic at best. Riding a bicycle is a dangerous occupation. However, there are hundreds of them on the streets competing with the cars and buses and lorries because it is the poor man's mode of transport.

I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.

We had a great time making 'Chennai Express.' It was a learning experience working with Shah Rukh... it was a positive experience.

You get people coming up to you and asking about movies, especially in Chennai, which is nice.

I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.

I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.

I've done drives through Budapest and Oslo and used to drive to Sardinia, too, which is quite a journey. Drives are an adventure because I don't plan them too carefully. I take detours depending on how I feel and usually stop and stay at places I like the look of.