January 19, 2011 (Sampurn Wire): Abhay Deol is often referred to as a Deol who broke out of the box and decided to make his own path like a maverick. So far he has been doing well for himself and with the projects that he has in the pipeline it seems he is going to tread that road for a long time now and his fans have no complaints.

Abhay seems to be very happy in his headspace, maybe thats the reason why when Sonam Kapoor said that he hasnt been brought up well, he can smile and let it go and not create a ruckus. On the other hand, be bold enough to say that he is too shy even to be rude to the other Deols on-screen.

Talking about the films, Abhay said that he is now eagerly waiting to act alongside Emraan Hashmi in the film Shanghai. A film adapted into the Indian context from a 1966 Green novel Z by Vissilis Vassilikos, to be directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The film is a dark one where the Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! star will enact a dark character. The book was about the assassination of a politician who was a dynamic one and it happens to be a real life incident.

While at one hand, Abhay is ready to be part of a dark film on the other hand, he had fun and very little to think in the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara directed by Zoya Akhtar. In the film he shares the screen with Hrithik Roshan and Farhan Akhtar and he is also working with the hottie Bipasha Basu in the film Singularity about which he refuses to divulge.

Abhay Deol is not only going slow and steady with his professional life but in personal life too. In spite of dating Preeti Desai for quite some time now, the 34-year old actor is in no hurry to settle down yet.

--Sampurn Wire