Did you expect to bag so many Best Debut awards for Vicky Donor?
Initially, I had never thought I would even be nominated for any awards! I just expected the movie to get decent reviews, but it has surpassed our expectations for sure. Getting the Best Debut award in the year of debutants is brilliant — this was the year of Ishaqzaade and Student Of The Year, and everyone was so good in their movies. The subject, script and the director helped me a lot.

The cherry on the cake is the Best Male Singer award too!
I had composed Pani da rang during my college days. I didn’t expect to get this award, after being nominated alongside professional singers. I have trained in classical music as a kid, but never took it seriously. However, now I have started training again. I was expecting perhaps one or two Best Debutant awards; but the Singer award was a surprise.

Who did you think would bag the Best Singer award?
I thought Papon would get it for Kyun (Barfi) or Sonu Niigaam would bag it for Abhi mujh main (Agneepath). I seriously believe that the popularity of Pani da rang supported me a lot.

And what about the Best Debut?
I thought Arjun Kapoor would win it. He had faced the camera for the first time, while I had been facing the camera for the past four years now.

What do awards mean to you?
I was hosting award shows earlier; and now I am receiving awards. This is my first year and awards do mean a lot to me. I am like a kid in a candy shop, who wants all the candies.