A year and a half after auditioning for Mismatched, he was selected as Sharmaji Namkeen. He played Rishi Kapoor’s youngest son in the film and said he was grateful for the opportunity to work with the legendary actor. She says she completely forgot his line during one of their scenes together. “His lines were so great that I just focused on his performance and forgot my own lines. He says veterans used to entertain them with stories from earlier times. “Hum ’70s mein aise shot karte the,” he used to say. ’80s mein yeh aaya, ’90s mein ye change hua. Listening to him was like browsing the history of cinema. “Both Taaruk and Rishi Kapoor share an affinity for food, and the actor says their conversations were mostly about food.”He found out I had traveled to Europe. asked what I had eaten there and named exotic dishes from different countries in Europe.Our film was also about food, so it was a topic of conversation.” , Rishi Kapoor sadly passed away. At that time, Paresh Rawal took over the role. Taaruk says he is lucky to have learned from two acting greats. Both had distinct styles, but what impressed him most was the way they could be turned on and off at will. “We were talking about something before shooting and they just went and did the scene and came back to the conversation as if nothing had happened.”