I would have done Sholay, but somebody's beaten us to it (Ram Gopal Varma is remaking the Ramesh Sippy classic, with Amitabh Bachchan playing Gabbar Singh). I am okay. I mean, I don't decide. It is the director who has to take a call, I think Sanjay Leela Bhansali was very keen to make Devdas and Farhan Akhtar was very keen to make Don.

There's nothing really wonderful in remaking a film, unless the director and the actor feel it was a special film to them when they were growing up. And Devdas and Don were both very special to me. My parents used to love Devdas and Dilipsaab. And I loved Don when I was growing up. It was great, sort of reliving that.

How does your family find your smoking, we think it is horrible.

They hate it. So I sit outside in the garden and smoke. But I am going to give it up now yaar, the last 20 days I have had a very bad bout of laryngitis and bronchitis, so it has to go. I'll give it up, it's not a good thing.

What kind of fitness regimen do you follow, and how did you heal your back?

My back is good yaar, I've been exercising a lot. But for the last two months I have not exercised, I have not been well actually. I am just sort of recovering from bad bout of laryngitis and bronchitis. They put me on steroids so I can get through KBC without losing my voice. But today or tomorrow, I will start working out.

I work out at night, after I come back home and put the kids to sleep at ten. At 10.30 pm, I go into the gym, and exercise till about 11.15 pm, then I take a bath, then around 11.30 pm I have dinner. Then I read till about 2 am. I smoke, and drink a lot of Pepsi, huge amounts of coffee and tea. I sleep only four and a half hours.

When do you manage to spend time as a couple?

Ah, in between. In between the coffee and tea (laughs).

What would your epitaph say?