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Mere Baap Pehle Aap
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 With a name like that, Priyadarshan for a director and Paresh Rawal and Akshaye Khanna playing the lead - the movie was bound to attract its fair share of attention. However, is MBPA going to make it at the box office?
Shaaditimes finds out in tete a tete with the lead stars and the director of Mere Baap Pehle Aap.
Talking to Akshaye Khanna... The Beta.
What made you decide to do this film?
Primarily the subject - it's a very feel good film. You would leave the theatre feeling very positive about life and you know your relations with your family. The subject is very unique within the confines of what is categorized as commercial Hindi cinema and yet something very refreshing - a combination of a lot of things really and Priyan is also a director who I really enjoy working with. We have a great relationship as actor-director and I really enjoy coming to his set.
How do you feel about working with Paresh?
Paresh, I have done a lot of films with in the past. But in this film I have the maximum interaction with him because we are playing father and son. I have known him for a long time and he is a lovely guy - fun, interesting, great actor of course (everybody knows that!) and we get along really well.
What's new about this father-son relationship story?
Well, it is a father-son relationship, but it's almost like put on its head. The son is more like the father in the relationship and the father is the son because he is petrified of his son. His son is always correcting him, scolding him - in a good way. I like that reversal of roles so to speak. Very interesting and it was great fun to play.
Would you call this film a comedy? Or a drama? How would you describe the movie?
It's definitely more fun, but towards the end and in pockets it is very touching. I wouldn't say emotional but it's very touching! There is nothing heavy about it.
Talking to Paresh Rawal... The Baap.
What is this film about?
It's a relationship of a father and a son - and the son wants his father to get married because he himself is in love with someone. The situation gets very tricky and ultimately whether he gets married or not is a big suspense.
How did you get approached for this film?
There is a kind of rapport, a trust & faith Priyadarshan and me have in each other. He need not tell me, he just gives me a brief outline and says, "Paresh we are doing this film and your role is like this, like this..." That's it, I need not ask for more.
Why did you decide to do this film?
First of all it's a Priyadarshan film. No 2. I'm getting to work with Akshaye Khanna after a long time. Hulchul was our last film together and in between I had seen Gandhi - My Father. I really admire him as an actor and also it's a very unusual story - it's a family entertainer.
What kind of a film is Mere Baap Pehle Aap?
It's a very, very feel good film, family entertainer, achi si breezy film hai, ache emotions, ek thairav hai. Beautiful.
What do you think about Akshaye's comic timing?
Comic timing koi alag ingredient nahin hota hai, but ek overall actor hota hai and he is a very, very sensitive overall actor. Very sensitive and fine-tuned. So uska comic timing hona hee hai because he is a good actor.
What kind of a director is Priyadarshan?
First of all he is extremely sure of what he wants from his actors, he doesn't overshoot. His direction is also very minimal, very brief and very accurate. I think we have done 12 films together so he knows what I'm all about and how exactly he can get the work out of me. And if I'm lazy, taking things for granted then he cracks the whip also.
Talking to Priyadarshan... The Mai-Baap.. err.. Director.
What kind of a film is Mere Baap Pehle Aap?
Basically I call it a family entertainer. Like all my films there is good humour in the film and the plot is very unique. The son is trying to get his father married and the situation around it.
There are films like Hera Pheri and Garam Masala, which are more on slapstick humour. Here I am trying to say a sweet story with humour, so it's something like one of my first films in Hindi called Muskurahat.
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