India, May 20 -- After being an actor on stage and screen and a successful talk show host, Shekhar Suman has now become a teacher. The veteran actor recently launched his Film Academy in Mumbai, where he will teach budding actors the ABC of the craft. We caught up with the 62-year-old on the sidelines of the launch of the Shekhar Suman Film Academy to talk about his journey, lessons, and the impression young actors today make.

This has been on my mind. One of the more cardinal reasons has been that my father was one of the greatest surgeons in this country and also a professor of surgery. And whenever I meet his students, who are now big doctors all over the world, they say, 'It's all thanks to your father that we are able to become prof...