India, Aug. 2 -- Actor Randeep Hooda's cinematic journey began over 20 years ago with Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, which took him to the Venice Film Festival. Among his cherished memories from that experience is an incident where he was ignored at an Armani store as he had no money.

Randeep recently visited Delhi for an event and sat down with Hindustan Times to reminisce about his career. During the conversation, he looked back at his journey and shared an anecdote about a major fashion faux pas he committed at the premiere of his debut film at an international film festival.

Hailing from Rohtak in Haryana, Randeep spent almost six years in Australia as a student and worked as a taxi driver at night. His Australian accent eventually la...