'Tell me their names,' smiled Ali. 'See, people from both within and outside the industry do keep asking me if I am ready for acting or not. Since I have acted in college and theatre as well as done a part in Anurag Kashyap's 'Black Friday', I never claim that I won't or can't act. Maybe some day I will act as well. However, as of now there isn't anything happening,' said Ali

He insists that his heart continues to beat for direction rather than acting.

'I don't want to put my feet into two different boats; that's definitely not going to help. When I came to Mumbai, I had to decide what I wanted to do. This is when I concluded let me follow what I like doing more. The answer was 'direction' and I stuck to it,' said Ali.

Well, in that case one can look forward to him coming behind the camera soon.

If the first movie that he begins working on turns out to be 'Rockstar' then it won't get better than that. After all Oscar winner A.R. Rahman is said to have created some fantastic tunes for the film, and the combination of Ali, Ranbir and Rahman would be something to watch out for.