Get to know... Meiyang Chang

The actor, television host, and singer wishes he had more than one heart and misses Sundays alone on boarding school campus

Get to know... Meiyang Chang

Currently I am

Recording new songs and gearing up to perform with Javed Akhtar sahab.

On my playlist

Siva Tere, by Madhubanti Bagchi; One Love, by Shubh; everything by Vishal Bhardwaj.

On my speed dial

Mom and Naani.

Today I’m craving

Koraishutir kochuri (Bengali peas kachori).

Next big splurge

I’m an impulsive buyer. I won’t know until it happens!

Last thing I ordered online

Did you mean the last four things? All sneakers.

App I check before going to bed

Cricinfo.

Advice I’d give my 18-year-old self

Have faith in yourself. Circumstances may put you down. It is up to you to pull yourself back up.

A secret skill I have

Wordplay and innuendo.

A superpower I wish I had

Multiple hearts, so I wouldn’t fall apart of one of them broke. Hahaha!

My favourite Sunday memory while growing up

Boarding school in the hills. Having the entire campus to myself to do whatever I want: Play cricket, watch cartoons, climb trees, pluck mulberries, read comics, raid the tuck shop, take long walks, play with stray dogs.

My most star-struck moment so far

Meeting SRK and MSD. They make you feel comfortable and loved.

My favourite bad habit

Procrastination.

If I could travel back in time, I’d…:

Abolish religion.

I won’t leave the house without:

A book in hand.