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Good luck, Aftab

Aftab Shivdasani

Aftab Shivdasani entered the film industry with Ram Gopal Verma’s Mast when he was in his twenties. He has come a long way since and now makes his debut as a producer with Aao Wish Karein. He talks about the five most important aspects of his debut production.

My production company: “I started a film production company called Rising Son Entertainment in November 2006, not knowing what I was going to do with it. Everyone has a dream and my dream was to make a film one day with a great team handpicked by myself. Three years have elapsed and now we are talking about Aao Wish Karein, which I have co-produced with Mumbai Mantra.”

My writer: “I had an idea in 2005; I discussed it with my writer, Ravindra Manga, and he prepared a draft for the film. In December 2007, I was shooting in Mauritius for Money Hai Toh Honey Hai, and while sitting in my car one day, I heard the song Sab se peeche hum khade from the movie Let’s Enjoy. It just blew me away. I called Ravindra in Delhi and told him I was sending him the song and that I was going to write the script with him. We wrote the screenplay of Aao Wish Karein on the phone.”

My director: “The first person who came to my mind was Glenn. I had worked with him for the first time when I was 16, I had done two music videos for an album called Mitwa. Since then we have shared a good rapport.”

My music directors: “I was shooting for Aloo Chat and I was discussing with Glenn who the music director would be. I remembered it was Ankur’s song which had struck me in Mauritius, so why not ask him to do the film? That is how Ankur Tewari and Mikey McCleary came in. Then Ankur put me on to Xulfi who sent me songs via email.”

My heroine — Aamna Shariff: “I suggested Aamna’s name and everyone had this huge smile on their faces. We thought she was the ideal choice for the film.”

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