Nostalgia with Danish Husain: “I wanted to be a cricketer or an Army General”

The actor, poet and storyteller talks about figuring out his career when he was 22, being financially dependent on his parents and crushing on Sushmita Sen

Where were you career-wise?

Danish Husain at 22 (inset) and at 50 (above) (Indraneil Sengupta)

Danish back in 1998 at his Delhi residence

Danish and his sister, Zahera

Danish with his daughter Zahra Husaini during the shoot of Peepli Live

Danish in his personal library at his Delhi home

Danish (right) at his wedding reception

Zahra as a kid in 1998 in Nonahara, Ghazipur

Celebrating his friend’s new Fiat in New Delhi