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From scuba-diving to Bollywood!
After I graduated from St Xavier's College, Mumbai, I wanted to become a commercial diver. But I couldn't afford it, so I worked with ad filmmaker Mahesh Mathai. I then started freelancing as a writer, and later became a scuba diving instructor. I've been one for eight years now, diving in Lakshadweep. I then joined an American adventure sports company.
At around this time, Kersi Khambhatta had written a short story, which was rejected by a magazine because the language was too strong. I knew it would be my first film. I wrote the screenplay with Kersi before approaching Boman Irani. I had a cast in mind, and was lucky to get everyone I wanted.
The fact that I was a first-time director was not a problem. Every actor wants to do something different. I needed each actor for eight days, and Saif for 12 days. We shot the film in 32 days, in one schedule.
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