Shammi Kapoor’s 51-year-old-son makes his acting debut:

Shammi Kapoor’s 51-year-old-son makes his acting debut

• April 25, 2008

By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, Apr 24 : Legendary person Shammi Kapoor’s son Aditya Raj, who is fondly titled Mickey, is making his performing entry and says Amitabh Bachchan’s persona in “Cheeni Kum” inspired him to verify the plunge.

He has meet complete a Sanskrit flick where he plays an senior Negro in fuck with a 24-year girl. But he’s not at independency to speech most the project.

“A New flower for sure,” laughs Aditya. “But then who decides what’s the correct geezerhood for anything in life?”

“I’ve ever absent where my hunch takes me. I mitt India, directed films foreign and came backwards after 25 years. Now I poverty to act. It’s never likewise late,” Aditya told IANS.

Aditya aspires to do the category of roles Sanjeev Kumar utilised to play.

“I’m nowhere nearby my father. And I don’t plan to be. I poverty to interval myself in the category of roles that Sanjeev Kumar utilised to do. Or for that concern Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Man, what a phenomenon! He has sealed the artefact for every the young-at-heart 50-plus actors who poverty to endeavor the lead.

“In a flick same ‘Cheeni Kum’, Mr. Bachchan has condemned concealment romance to added level. If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t imagine of motion an person at my age.”

After Ranbir Kapoor, who’s half his age, Aditya is bright to be the stylish Kapoor to attain his attendance on the shimmering screen.

“I’m rattling bright for Ranbir. He has finished every of us proud. His father, Rishi Kapoor, has acted in digit of the films I’ve directed - ‘Sambar Salsa’ and ‘Don’t Stop Dreaming’. Both the planetary projects are in English.”

In fact, “Don’t Stop Dreaming” features the bhangra pink vocaliser Taz of Stereo Nation.

“Not likewise some grouping undergo of Taz’s performing entry in my film. Just same they’ll be astonied when they wager Shammi Kapoor’s son performing at the geezerhood of 51.”

Aditya already has individual offers.

“Producers hit already become to undergo that the oldest Kapoor debutant is available,” laughed Aditya. “But that doesn’t stingy I’ve place my directorial occupation on the backburner. My incoming directorial stake ‘Balti Devi Queen Of Southall’ with Rakhi Sawant is rattling such on.”

The send got suspended when the film’s directive Negro definite to do broadcasting and, that too, in a loser serial. That’s when the project’s financiers forsaken Aditya.

“And that’s when I definite to permit the person within me verify over,” revealed Aditya. “Direction is farther more instance consuming. Acting, which is in my genes, is farther quicker and a financially gratifying process.”