The advertisement with Nargis clicked for Nishant

From being a software engineer to an actor, Nishant Dahiya, who is making his Bollywood debut with Yash Raj Films' 'Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge', feels an established banner adds to the overall appeal of movie. "I am a software engineer. My dad is an engineer and he was the role model for me...so doing engineering was expected (of me). I was working with Wipro as a software system engineer and I was there for about five months when my brother who is in Army asked me take part in Grasim Mr India competition, in which I was the first runner up. This was the beginning of my journey in the industry," Nishant told PTI in an interview. "Since my childhood I remember that I used to watch 0movies and act and dance and sing in front of mirror. I had never thought of taking acting as a profession. I feel modeling was the stepping stone for me to do acting," he said.Nishant has featured in about 15 advertisements before the film came his way, prominent among them being with the southern beauty Asin and Nargis Fakri of Imtiaz Ali's upcoming film 'Rockstar'. The advertisement with Nargis clicked for Nishant and it was then when Yash Raj Films offered him a lead role in their youth-centric film 'Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge'. When asked about significance of banner in establishing career of an actor, Nishant said "brand does matters a lot at least for your debut film. It brings you in the light. It does help in pulling the audiences to theatres"."When people from Yash Raj Films called me, I did not believe in first instance that they are offering me a lead role. I was in Delhi that time for my brother's wedding. They called me again after three-four days saying why I did not turn up for the audition," he said.