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Nilesh Sahaya is convinced he has acting in his genes. After all, he is Sanjay Dutt's [Images] nephew.Nilesh is yesteryear actress Zaheeda's son; and can legitimately lay claim to being part of a film family that goes back four generations (from great grandmother Jaddanbai to her daughter Nargis [Images] to her niece Zaheeda).
The six-feet tall youngster caught the attention of filmmaker Deepak Shivdasani (Baghi, Gopi Kishen, Julie), and was signed on for a love story, Ek Duje Ke Liye.
Nilesh has always wanted to join films. "Sanju mama is my idol; followed by Sylvestor Stallone," reveals the 23-year-old.
Nilesh learnt acting from Kishore Namit, and underwent a theatre course from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan.
But he enthusiastically claims: "My real school has been Sanju mama's films, especially Rocky, Vaastav, Hathyar and the Munnabhai [Images] movies."
The newcomer seems as excited about his first film, as the director.
"The crux of the story is that you can make any relationship work, if you are hell-bent on making it successful," Deepak Shivdasani says. "Besides the young love story, EK Duje is also the story of a 60 year old man and woman. I am negotiating with Rekha [Images] and Vinod Khanna to play the older couple. Nilesh will play the younger Vinod Khanna."
Deepak has also cast Anishka Khosla, who starred in the play, Shobha Yatra. Anisha plays a London-returned girl who falls for the charms of the Dalhousie dude, Nilesh. The film's music will be composed by Sajjad, grandson of renowned music director Ghulam [Images] Mohammed (Pakeezah fame). Ek Duje Ke Liye will roll early next year.
Nilesh's actress mother Zaheeda is best remembered as Dev Anand's [Images] heroine in the song Churi nahin hai mera dil hai, in Gambler. She also starred in Dev Anand's Prem Pujari.
Text: Dinesh Raheja
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