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Celebrity Sons dish out "Saathiya" & "88 Antop Hill"
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Saturday, 23 Nov 2002
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Both of them are in their 20s, both sons of famous fathers and both hope to revive Bollywood's sagging fortunes.
When it comes to their directorial debuts though, Shaad Ali and Kushan Nandy couldn't be more different.
Shaad, son of Muzaffar Ali, has directed the love story Saathiya and Kushan, son of Pritish Nandy, has churned out the murder mystery 88 Antop Hill.
But that's where the dissimilarity ends.
In Mumbai both are outsiders -- Shaad is from Kanpur and Kushan from Kolkata -- and both have two very important and decisive points to prove.
Shaad is determined to erase the stigma attached to Hindi remakes of Mani Rathnam's films and Kushan wants to prove that television directors can make successful feature films.
Shaad and Kushan have another score to settle -- they are the sons of towering celebrities whose fame far exceeds their immediate area of activity.
Shaad's father Muzaffar Ali is much more than the maker of the elegiac Gaman and majestic Umrao Jaan. Kushan's father Pritish Nandy can hardly be described as just a media baron.
Would the two promising youngsters emerge from their fathers' shadows?
Saathiya, slated for a December 20 release, is a story of love and marriage set against the bustling backdrop of Mumbai's local trains and the hurly burly of everyday living.
Shaad and his cast -- Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukherjee with special appearances by Shah Rukh Khan and Tabu -- have a tough act to follow, as the film is a remake of Rathnam's Tamil hit Alaipayuthe.
Incidentally, every Hindi remake of Rathnam's originals -- Vansh (a remake of Tamil original Agni Nakshatram), Yaad Rakhegi Duniya (of Telugu film Geethanjali) and Dayavan (gangster epic Nayakan) -- has been a disaster.
Will Shaad be able to break the jinx on Rathnam's Hindi remakes?
Kushan's film, slated for release in the first week of January, is a murder mystery based on an original script. The film has a strange and interesting cast featuring Atul Kulkarni, Rahul Dev, Shweta Menon and Suchitra Pillai.
"It isn't a small film. But it isn't a big film either. Having learnt my ropes of filmmaking from TV and I'm confident about not faltering in my treatment of a suspenseful subject," Kushan, who has experience with the TV medium, said.
The latest instance of a TV director floundering at the box office is Anant Mahadevan and his debut film Dil Vil Pyar Vyar.
Apart from Rahul Dev Burman, few showbiz-sons have shone even half as brightly as their celebrity-fathers.
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