They asked me to cast Shahid in Aamras, says Rupali

Rupali Guha, the debutant director, cast four girls in her first film 'Aamras'. And for this the 'Chak De' film director Abhimanyu has been her protector. The film 'Chak De' has been her inspiration for directing her first film with totally new faces. She said that the four girls are the backbone of her film.




Rupali had to go from door to door to get the approval for her first screenplay from UTV onwards. She says, “ 'All of them said that who will watch this film? Cast Shahid Kapoor as a boyfriend in the film'. But how can I take Shahid in the film of four 18 years old girls to show the bonding among them”.

The idea of the film 'Aamras' came to her mind by the experiences of her 13 year old daughter Jonaki. She says, “ My daughter has a cirlcle of 11 friends from different groups of society but when I was growing I only had one close friend and my family. Everyday she comes with different experiences with her friends. And 'Aamras' has given me a chance to explore my daughter's world.

Next, Rupali is working on the script of 'Cindrella', a girl's dream of finding a Prince charming.

Kambakkht Ishq director all praises for Akki

Two of Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar's big budget films may have bombed this year, but it doesn't worry director Sabbir Khan who has cast him in his ready-to-release mega-budget directorial debut movie Kambakkht Ishq.

Failures of Akshay's movies don't affect Sabbir at all because a movie is a movie...and as a director, you just want to know whether the audiences want to see it or not.

Everybody goes through ups and downs. An actor's last success doesn't mean anything for a director. That way we wouldn't have had any more movies of Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan or Tom Cruise.

Both of Akshay's much-hyped releases this year, Chandni Chowk To China and 8X10 Tasveer, had bombed at the box-office.

Its a clear thought that whosoever's worked with Akshay will want to repeat him. He becomes an instant favourite because of the person he is. He is a genuine human being and a brilliant actor. He has earlier worked as an assistant director in an Akshay starrer, the 2004 comedy Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.

The first time director, who has scripted Kambakht Ishq, was in the capital to promote the film.