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In an age where one bhai is fighting another, it was a different scene when the Deols turned up to cheer a younger bhai
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Sunny and Bobby flank kid cousin Abhay. — Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.
PUNJAB DA puttars descend on namma Bengalooru, show lots of brotherhood, launch cousin's film, tell us how he's a real good actor, flash their darned dimply smiles and leave much unsaid. Not that there's much to say.
The day the Deol brothers Sunny and Bobby made a rare appearance in Bangalore, excitement was palpable in the Forum mall's PVR Cinema, where a special premier of the long-in-the-pipeline Socha Na Tha, starring Dharmendar's nephew Abhay Deol, was held. Random shoppers at the mall thronged outside the cinema's Gold Class enclave to get a glimpse of the brawny brothers of Bollywood.
All in the family
Dharam-paji, who was also supposed to be there to promote his nephew, failed to show up, breaking many an ageing heart. At the press conference, Sunny clad in a yellow shirt, amorphous beard, a pasty hairdo and sunglasses, mostly sulked. The film, from the Deol cottage industry, has Dharmendar producing it and Sunny overseeing the script.
Young (and cute) Abhay Deol broke out into grins and answers alternately. And yes, it seems dimples run deep in the family. Abhay has them too, clubbed with the baby boy looks. In Socha Na Tha, branded a light romantic film, Abhay plays the hero who doesn't want an arranged marriage with a girl his folks have seen, coz (surprise!) he's in love with someone else. But dheere-dheere, obviously in keeping with good Bollywood tradition, he falls in love with the very same lass as they keep meeting up.
The fourth from the Dharmendar clan (if you discount Esha) to step into Bollywood, Abhay says: "Of course people have a lot of expectations. There will be biases. But if there is honesty in your work, people will automatically like you."
Bobby bhaiya said it's always good to have competition around. "Though he fits a completely different bill, it's good to have another brother around," he added in true family spirit. Young debutant director Imtiaz Ali chose to let his hero do all the talking for the evening. "This is a light romantic film I'm doing. I don't know where I'll fit in. I'm going to go with the excitement of things," said Abhay, who's studied computer graphics. He worked behind the sets for a while before plunging into acting, and has done storyboards for ad films and music videos.
Sunny on Abhay (the only time he spoke at the meet): "He's very talkative and it's difficult to argue with him. He's like... one of us!"
Bobby on Abhay: "He's a loner, he has a lot of talent. He should have been a lawyer. And he's my little brother."
Abhay on brothers: "At the premiere of the film in Delhi, people were falling on each other to see my brothers. They were there for them. I just wanted to get through the crowd alive!"
One must say that in an age when one bhai is fighting another bhai, it is gratifying to see bada bhais mollycoddle the chota bhai. All in the famed generous Punjabi spirit of brotherhood.
Ahem, movie goers be warned. `Sunny, Bobby and Abhay now. Any more Deols coming?' asked one journo. Bobby: "We (Sunny and him put together) have four sons, so we have to see."
Bobby banter
PSST: BOBBY finally agreed to take some time off after the press meet to hang around in the PVR aisle, and leant casually against the wall for a short interview. He said he was working on two films, Tango Charlie and Barsaat (again, but this time it's another one). "I would love to move out and stay away from everybody," he said of the film industry. "Fake people are increasing... I've led such a sheltered life as the youngest at home," said the man who recently became second-time papa. Isn't everyone in Bollywood doing multi-starrers these days? "That's what you get. You have no choice," he said before flashing a dimpled smile and striding away.
BHUMIKA K.
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