'I was offered another very good role in a Hollywood venture, but because of clashing dates I could not go ahead with that. The film had to be shot in Italy,' said the actor.

Even though Priyanshu made his acting debut eight years ago, he has done very few films. Why?

'I know the volume of my work is less and I would have wanted to do more films. But I can't do just any role. That's the reason why I have done less crappy films. As far as my absence from the public eye is concerned, that's because I'm publicity shy - something which is not considered good nowadays,' he reasoned.

Priyanshu said that another reason for doing few Hindi films was that he wanted to explore regional cinema as well.

'I have been constantly working. It's just that it has not been only Hindi films...I have also done Bengali films. This way I experience different working styles and get to know so many other things,' the actor said.

Priyanshu's next Bollywood project is 'Chintuji', which has Rishi Kapoor in the title role and is slated to release Sep 4.