I struggled for years in the industry but I started getting noticed only after I won an international award for 'The Warrior',' Irrfan told PTI in an interview. But the actor is happy that he is finally getting the kind of work he had always wanted to do in the Indian film industry.

'I am happy despite that because I am finally getting the kind of work that I enjoy doing. There was a time when I was doing films just to be seen, just to be in circulation.

I don't have to do that anymore,' says Irrfan. The actor will next be seen in the thriller 'Acid Factory' and the biopic 'Paan Singh Tomar'.

Irrfan, who has worked with superstar Angelina Jolie in the critically acclaimed film 'The Mighty Heart', also has his hands full as far as Hollywood projects go. He is working in Meera Nair's 'I Love New York' opposite Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lynch's 'Hiss' with Bollywood siren Mallika Sherawat. PTI