We might imagine each film occurs easily. But generally, filmmakers or producers have to attend for weeks or months to listen to a ‘sure’ from the actors. Director Apoorva Lakhia discovered himself in the identical state of affairs throughout his debut movie, the place a star child made him look ahead to six months. Even although the film was made, Lakhia recalled how he was affected at the moment.
The starkid we’re speaking about is the son of two huge Bollywood stars and his spouse can be a celebrity within the Indian movie trade. Yes, we’re speaking about Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s son Abhishek Bachchan, who’s married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In an interview, Apoorva Lakhia revealed that the film was being produced by Pahlaj Nihalani’s son Vishal Nihalani. Lakhia shared the distinction in assembly each males whose fathers are influential figures within the movie trade.
Apoorva stated, “He is very interesting. When you go there at first, you get water. A week later, if he calls you again, you get offered a cappuccino. By then, you know you are progressing, and by the fourth or fifth meeting, you are offered dry fruits. This gives you a green light. And when he starts to offer you sandwiches and all, you know that we will shoot now. After six months, he called me and said, this film needs to be made but not with me. I got extremely mad at him and I just snatched my script from his hand and said, ‘No problem.’ And I left.”
In the identical interview with Friday Talkies, Apoorva Lakhia recalled his assembly with Abhishek Bachchan. He bought a name per week later from Abhishek’s secretary. The Haseen Parkar director stated, “We went and sat, and to make me realise that he is a star, he made me wait for half an hour. This time, we were only offered water. He came and sat, and asked me, ‘Are you angry with me?’ I was like, ‘Of course, I am angry with you.’ I said, ‘You are Amitabh Bachchan’s son, you won’t have problems, he is Pahlaj Nihalani’s son, he won’t have issues, but I am somebody who needs to worry about my rent of Rs 7,000. I wasted six months of my life, if you were not interested, you could have told me so, I would have approached someone else.’ Because I took a stand instead of apologising, he respected me a little more and he agreed to do the film and since that day, we became best friends and his family has been very good to me.”
Apoorva Lakhia directed Abhishek Bachchan in Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost. Released in 2003, the film additionally stars Lara Dutta and Chunky Panday.
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