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Harman Baweja: ''We Stuck Together As A Family!''
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Harman's easy laugh and warm demeanor are a delightful departure from some aspiring star-kids who throw attitude even before the public passes verdict on them. But the laughs do not come easy: a week before the release of his debut film and home production Love Story 2050, Harman has all the stresses of a newcomer and barely a second to spare in the promotional blitz of a 55-crore home production and his personal promotion.
And the new hottie from the industry unwinds with rare candour. Excerpts from an interview:
 Dads launching sons are nothing new in filmdom, but barely anyone does it now because of the spiraling economics of the day. And your father has staked his all in an extraordinary debut for you.
 Absolutely true. A film like Love Story 2050 needed foreign locations, visual and digital effects, grandeur and a canvas that made it very steep budget-wise, and dad's last film Main Aisa Hi Hoon has not done well.
But then, to begin with, dad (producer-director and now writer Harry Baweja of Dilwale and Qayamat fame) wanted to make such a film and it so happened that I fit the role and was going to start out as actor. He had written the story at the turn of the decade, but since our banner had to be established and we needed basic security like a house and money, he made all those hardcore commercial films.
But, yes, I agree that he could have made the same kind of film for my debut and played safe, but that's where he also thought it would be the perfect launch for me and had the confidence both in my abilities and in his own skills.
Were there troubled moments?
Yes, so many stressful moments were there. But we stuck together as a family - my mom (Pammi) was associate producer and my younger sister Rowena was chief assistant director and has co-written the script. Though dad has given so many successful films, the last film's non-success counted against him and there were times when we did not have the money to shoot the next day - but we sailed through somehow because we were determined and united.
What kind of relationship do you share with dad?
Dad's a typical Punjabi father! He and I can have our share of fun and be buddies and he's no dictator. But suddenly a point comes when I realize that I cannot cross a certain line - he is dad and I am his son! (Laughs) On the sets I never went pretentious and addressed him as "Sir". He was - as he is at home - always "Papa" to me.
What is Priyanka Chopra to you?
We are very good friends.
That's it?
(Laughs) She is a very close friend. And hats off to Priyanka because when she saw she had a great script, she had no ego about the fact that we had first signed Kareena Kapoor and shot with her for a week. Priyanka is very special.
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