Mumbai: After seeing actors like Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan turn directors and vice versa with Farhan Akhtar, we now have a scriptwriter wielding the director's baton.
After a very successful career in script writing Milaap Zaveri, known for his films like Heyy Babyy, Jhankar Beats and Masti is now all set make his directorial debut with Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai, starring Riteish Deshmukh.
Milaap Zaveri held the mahurat of his directorial debut venture Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai starring Riteish Deshmukh, Satish Shah and Jacqueline.
"Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai is a film about a girl who comes from outer space. She is from the planet Venus and journeys to Earth in search of love. It is a romantic comedy, with a lot of sci-fiction and special effects thrown in. So it is fun ride, something which I hope the audiences will enjoy," said Zaveri.
Milap who's known for penning intense scripts is quite excited about his new venture.
"I've written 14 films till now, so I guess the logical next step was towards direction. It was on the sets of Heyy Babyy where I learnt a lot from Sajid Khan. He was like my guide and mentor," added Zaveri.
To that the successful television anchor cum film director quips, "I don't think I'm anybody's mentor. I think I'm Milaap's tormentor. I'm extremely happy because Milaap is a very, very good friend of mine and he also did my dialogues for Heyy Baby. He is also currently working for my second film's screenplay.
Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh also made an appearance at the mahurat to support Milap.
"Milaap is like my kid brother, you know. We started our careers together with Jhankar Beats and today it is really amazing that he is directing a film. He wanted me to break the coconut as an auspicious sign to his film's launch, so I'm the official coconut cracker," said Ghosh.
If Milap's directorial venture is as successful as his scripts have been, Bollywood has another hit filmmaker in the making.
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