He last surfaced for the small screen’s hit reality show Bigg Boss, won it and then disappeared again. Now Aashiqui boy Rahul Roy is ready for a comeback to the silver screen with Tanvir Ahmed’s Adaa.

The film has a pretty good USP as well — music by AR Rahman. While he’s hoping that the film re-establishes a place for him in the industry, he insists that it’s more about re-inventing himself than just getting work.

 “I certainly don’t want to repeat the mistakes I’ve done in the past,” he said, adding, “After you’ve been bitten by the film bug, it becomes almost impossible to adjust yourself back into normal life. I can see that all around me — personal lives in shambles, landing in hospitals for all the wrong reasons. And even when you’re riding success, most people are unable to enjoy it. This film is a lesson in Sufi values for all such people.”

The film itself he sums up in a single line: “Spiritual father, religious mother, gangster son.” Rahul and Ayesha Jhulka play the parents who slowly try to bring around their rebel son.

Just like the character in his film, Rahul himself has strengthened the spiritual connect in his life - he’s a dedicated follower of Gajanan Maharaj’s ashram, which is now led by Rajabhau Maharaj.

“It has given me sanity. If I was able to survive those weeks on Bigg Boss without cracking up, it’s also because of what I’ve learnt at this ashram,” he revealed.

Given that he abandoned the rat race long ago, the former Mahesh Bhatt protege is candid when discussing his own place in the pecking order today.

“The fact is that nobody can have a career graph like Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar. I’m only saying this because we started out at the same time, but I know I’m nowhere near them,” he said.

On the personal front, he’s got a few good things going - his wife Rajlakshmi and he are on the verge of getting a dual citizenship of Australia. In fact he’s been shuttling between Sydney — where his wife is setting up a spa — and Mumbai for almost two years now.

“Hopefully, she’ll be opening one in Mumbai when the time is right,” he signed off with a smile, flicking back his trademark long hair. Well, good luck to that.