His cell phone inbox is flooded with ‘missing you’ messages from fans. Post Rang De Basanti,Kunal Kapoor has women eating out of his hands. And going by the promos of Hat Trick with some passionate cuddling between him and Rimii Sen, more swoons are in order. “Girls are missing me very much. I get a lot of SMSes that say so. It’s already a year since Rang De released. They want to see me in more films,” laughs Kapoor.

If you’ve been taken in by his intense gaze so far, get ready to indulge the child in him. “In Hat Trick, I’m playing an immature guy, who is a little spoilt and stubborn. It’s very different from my mature and sensible images in my earlier films,” he adds. Now, who wouldn’t love a childish Kapoor?

When we draw his attention to the intimate scenes with Sen in the film, the heart throb is equally ebullient, “Those scenes are not the crux of Hat Trick. But I don’t mind if they lend me the image of a sexy and passionate hero. I am sexy if people think so.”

He’s certainly not lacking in a sense of humour. We heard rumours that he had a tough time shooting a romantic scene, where he had to tease Sen with ice cubes. “There wasn’t any problem doing the scene. I only had a problem dropping a particular number of cubes,”

he quips.

In this Milan Luthria film, Kapoor plays a struggling actor who is also a cricket fanatic. Although you won’t see him wield his bat, he promises not to disappoint you. “We had the most fun when Nana Sir (Patekar) suddenly doubled up as a choreographer while were shooting the music video,” Kapoor says.

But more about his equation with Patekar later, when they return in Rohit Shetty’s upcoming untitled venture. From Pradeep Sarkar’s film with Rani Mukerji to Anil Mehta’s Aja Nachle with Madhuri Dixit—Kapoor is basking in the glory of prestigious projects. “I have just been very lucky, that too so early in my career,” he adds.