India, Feb. 25 -- W hen Instagram was recently flooded with decade-old memories, Niks Indian joined the trend with posts featuring stills from his 2014 show Aur Pyaar Ho Gya, ad campaigns, and behind-the-scenes glimpses from his early acting days. Back then, he could hardly have imagined that 10 years later he would be known as India's first male porn star and a producer whose platform attracts up to five million monthly visitors. Born in Varanasi, the 40-year-old holds an engineering degree from HBTI Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Mumbai. He began with corporate roles and a stint in television before pivoting careers. Reflecting on the shift, he says, "I was fortunate to make in three years what I would have otherwise made in 25-30 if I had continued my corporate career." He adds, "I never wanted to be in Bollywood or TV, to be honest. I always wanted to do what I do now," recalling that the idea first took shape during his teenage years. A residency abroad in 2017 proved to be the turning point. He stepped away from television and began setting up his own production pipeline in Eastern Europe. The early phase was financially draining. "I invested around Rs.60-70 lakh of my savings and got nothing for two years. People were watching for free, nobody was paying," he recalls. Family reactions, he says, were measured. "Indian families can never appreciate this easily. They didn't say no explicitly, but they tried to tell me to focus on the career in corporate, rather than focus here."...