This Article is From Nov 16, 2010

It felt odd doing comedy with dad: Sunny Deol

It felt odd doing comedy with dad: Sunny Deol

Highlights

  • Actor Sunny Deol, who teams up with his brother and father once again for Yamla, Pagla, Deewana, says it was initially awkward to pull off fun dialogues in front of Dharmendra.

  • The three Deols - Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby - starred together in 2007 emotional drama Apne but their next outing is a fun-filled comedy. Dharmendra and Bobby Deol play conmen in the movie while Sunny is an upright NRI, who returns to India after two decades.
New Delhi: Actor Sunny Deol, who teams upwith his brother and father once again for Yamla, Pagla,Deewana, says it was initially awkward to pull off fundialogues in front of Dharmendra.

The three Deols - Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby -starred together in 2007 emotional drama Apne but their nextouting is a fun-filled comedy. Dharmendra and Bobby Deol playconmen in the movie while Sunny is an upright NRI, who returnsto India after two decades.

"I have seen my dad in so many films and in such greatcomedies but he was a surprise on the sets. Initially, it wasa little odd interacting with him like that but we overcame itand went along with the flow of our characters and it wasfun," Sunny told PTI.

The 54-year-old actor, best known for his action filmslike Ghayal, Damini, Ziddi, Border and Gadar: Ek PremKatha, is confident that Samir Karnik's film will show thefun side of Deols.

Karnik has not only brought the father-sons together,he also ensures that they make fun of themselves in the movie.

In one promo Sunny is seen taking a potshot at hisfather's famous scene from 1975 film Sholay, saying, "Thosedays are gone when you could get things done by climbing on awater tower" while Bobby is shown taking a snipe at hisbrother's famous hand pump wielding scene from Gadar.

Sunny agrees that the response to the promos has beenencouraging and something that they were not expecting.

"We never did a fun film together. It is for the firsttime that there is so much comedy going around and ourchemistry has come really well," says Sunny.

When asked about Dharmendra's reaction on beingapproached for the movie, Sunny said, "Oh, he loved it.Initially, we were very emotional but this time the idea wasto do something funny. It is a very dear film to us. We havebeen working on it for sometime. It took us nearly a year anda half to put things together."

At the age of 74, Dharmendra looks Sunny's elderbrother in the promos and the son credits yoga for theyouthful appearance of his father.

"It is a lot of yoga for him for a couple of years andit has kept him going really well".

Sunny's directorial project The Man will takesometime to begin as the actor is busy with the promotion ofYamla, Pagla, Diwana. "I have put my concentration on this project rightnow. Once it is released I will definitely go to my otherprojects," says the actor.

Incidentally, the title of the movie is inspired fromDharmendra's 1975 film Pratiggya. Releasing on January 14,next year, the film also stars Nafisa Ali, Anupam Kher, JohnnyLever, Puneet Issar and Kulraj Randhawa.

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