Biografía

His sister is world-famous surgeon Dr. Anajali Hooda, and his younger brother is an engineer in Singapore, Sandeep Hooda.

Ram Gopal Varma first offered the role of Gabbar Singh to Hooda in RGV Ki Aag. Randeep turned it down as he did not want to get compared to the great Amjad Khan.

Originally signed for the film White Noise in 2002, but later replaced by Aryan Vaid.

Offered the film Rock On, but he turned it down as he was in a contract with Ram Gopal Varma. Purab Kohli later was signed.

Was set to star in Tigmanshu Dhulia's shelved "Jai Ramji Ki" (2011), which was to co-star Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal and Preity Zinta. There was speculation that it may have eventually gotten made as Bullet Raja.

I waited so long because I know how important the launch is for a newcomer in our cinema. In this matter I want to play by their rules. Like Ramu I believe audiences can be entertained without going into the rut.

I'm really not nervous. I've gone through the process of the acting in theater. I've done my best. What happens now is not in my hands. If you have life's experiences with you nothing can stop you from being a competent actor

I never had a problem being called a Naseeruddin Shah protégé, a Ram Gopal Varma product or Sushmita Sen's friend. I always knew I'd have my own identity

Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding'. Now I realize the more I learn the less I know about acting... and life.

Everyone wants to be famous, so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it. Today, I am not a huge box-office hit nor am I on the cover of film magazines. If I were to take stardom seriously, I would have been depressed