India, Sept. 25 -- Abhishek Banerjee started his acting journey on stage before moving to casting, and eventually acting on screen. Now, 20 years after his last play, the actor is returning to the stage with a one-man show this month. Despite the long gap, he insists the ground feels familiar. "It feels like homecoming. It makes me nervous but there is a lot of excitement too. Thrill of a live audience, woh badi mushkil se milta hai," he says. The last time he was on stage, Abhishek was a new artiste that not many people knew, but today he is a recognised actor. Does that make him feel more confident about his comeback? "It actually adds a lot of responsibility. Pehle to seekh rahe the, so galtiyan log maaf kar dete the, par ab galti karenge to log gaali denge. The fear of being judged is more now," he responds. This time around, the 40-year-old aims to use his influence to popularise theatre and make it "cool". "I have observed that performing on stage in our industry is about singing and dancing. Artistes even go abroad to do that, so I thought why can't we make theatre cool by having actors perform stage shows all across the nation, and even abroad? That's the idea with this play," he says. The actor's play is titled Tu Kya Hai? and it is Abhishek's way of figuring out his identity as an actor. He elaborates, "I want to know why actors act, and why it is a big deal in India to come on screen. In this industry, the priority is on glamour, events and red carpets. There's peer pressure too, so you kind of have to do it all. That has been bothering me in the past few years. So, I am trying to figure out the solution to it. It's my adrak ki chai se matcha tak ka safar, as main matcha ko abhi tak puri tarah se apna nahi paya hun."...