After a six-year sabbatical, filmmaker Suneel Darshan [ Jaanwar (1999), Ek Rishtaa (2001), and Andaaz (2003)] is producing a film that will launch his son Shiv Darshan. Titled Karle Pyaar Karle (2014), the film is being directed by debutant Rajesh Pandey. Shiv is excited and nervous about his first project. “There’s that comforting feeling that I am with my dad, but who can handle these nerves?” says the youngster, who is frank that he had a plethora of subjects to choose from. “My dad asked me which kind of film I’d like to debut in and I said that I definitely wanted a wholesome family entertainer. I’d get to act, dance, romance, fight, make people laugh — what better can an actor ask for?”
Karle Pyaar Karle (releasing on January 10) is the story of two youngsters Kabir (Shiv) and Preet (Hasleen Kaur) who love to play dare. Their adventures take them on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and situations, which get difficult to handle.
Shiv says his father is a hands-on producer. “He was present on the sets every day. He was there to guide us, especially me, I think. It was very reassuring to have him around. I would get nervous though, when we were shooting any intimate scene. I guess that would have been difficult for any son!” But he says that work would never spill over onto the dinner table. “When we wrapped up at night, I’d be exhausted and would head straight to bed. The suggestions would be given only the next morning before we headed to work again. Yet, I’d say, he’s not an interfering person. He would let Rajesh (the director) and me figure out our way of doing the scenes,” he adds.
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