
With the help of my friends, we would act in plays on Bhagat Singh or something from the Gita.Īfter I turned 14, I started visiting my father in Mumbai, and vacationing here. The first film I ever saw starred Dharmendra. I had heard from friends about film theatres, about this huge dark room with live pictures. I insisted that my grandfather take me inside. I saw a theatre with a huge poster outside. One day, I went with my grandfather to Meerut for a wedding. I think that's when I started becoming a storyteller. My grandfather would ask me to recite stories from the Bhagvad Gita. By the time I was 13, I knew the Bhagvad Gita by heart. I was living in Mathura and did not know any of them. Special clients like Geeta Dutt would travel to Mathura to seek advice from my grandfather in the 1960s. People from the film industry like Raj Kapoor were his clients. My grandfather practised in Mathura, but my father practised in Mumbai. My grandfather and father were astrologers. 'It looked like Rajesh Khanna owned Mumbai' 's Patcy N in conversation with Anil Sharma. He also discusses his next film Genius in which he will launch his son Utkarsh.
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He looks back at his long directorial career - which started on July 14, when he gave his first shot - spiced up with amazing insights about the movie gods. They became such good friends that Sharma directed Dharmendra's son Sunny Deol in four movies, the biggest hit being Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.Īnil Sharma may be a blockbuster director, but he's very humble and friendly when we sit down to chat at his Mumbai office. They went on to work in five movies, all big hits. Their relationship started way back in 1980, when Sharma was an assistant on The Burning Train. The veteran superstar is currently holidaying in Lonavala, and they promise to meet up after three days when he returns. It's Dharmendra, and the two start chatting warmly. Whenever he is in the room, Sunny will be quiet or he will finish soon and leave.'ĭirector Anil Sharma gives us an insight into the Deol men, and other Bollywood Greats.Ī nil Sharma's phone rings in the middle of our conversation. 'Sunny speaks very little and has huge respect for his father. According to him, he is just a schoolmaster's son.' 'Dharmendra doesn't realise he is such a great man.
