Get to know... Saiyami Kher

Actor and endurance athlete Saiyami Kher is craving chocolate cake, shopping for trisuits and clocking cycling miles

Get to know... Saiyami Kher

• Currently, I am

  Promoting my film, shooting for my brand and rigorously training.

• High point in life

  When Sachin Tendulkar watched my movie Ghoomer (2023), and praised me.

• Low point in life

  Seeing a family member ill.

• On my playlist

  Lag Ja Gale, by Lata Mangeshkar; Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye, by Mukesh; Aave Re Hitchki, by Shankar Mahadevan.

• One thing I would never buy

  Cigarettes.

• Today I’m craving

  Gooey chocolate cake.

• Last thing I ordered online

  A trisuit to swim, bike, and run in.

• App I check before going to bed

  Instagram

• Advice I’d give my 18-year-old self

  Believe in yourself a little more.

• My favourite subject in school

  Theatre.

• My secret skill is

  Baking. I enjoy making desserts and eating them.

• My favourite Sunday memory

  Going for a swim with my dad in the lake and eating pani puri.

• My plans for next Sunday

  Cycling 100 km from 5am to 8am, breakfast with friends and then shooting for a brand.

• My most star-struck moment

  Bumping into Roger Federer in a hotel lobby in New York. I was so shocked I cried.

• My favourite bad habit

  Biting my nails.

• If I could travel back or forward in time

  Go back in time and hope to be directed by Guru Dutt.

• The best thing about fame

  Being invited to watch sports across the world

• The worst thing about fame

  The insecurity that comes along with it.