Saqib Saleem: Partho Gupte hasn’t realised till date that he has won a National Film award!

The Bombay Talkies actor has been appreciated for his acting and he is all set to play a skating coach in his upcoming sports film. Read on to know about the film and his character:



Sitting in the plush Yash Raj Studios, Saqib Saleem spoke to us recently about his upcoming film Hawaa Hawaai, his National award winning co-star Partho Gupte, director Amole Gupte and how being a cricketer helped him in playing his character, Aniket Bhargava. Excerpts from the interview

The tagline of the film says Kucch sapne sone nahi dete, did you have any such dreams when you were growing up?........

Amole Gupte: Children inspire me and I really respect the world of the children

The man behind critically acclaimed children-centric films ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’, says he never puts his young actors through the process of auditions:



Amole Gupte is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘Hawaa Hawaai‘ that stars his National-award-winning son Partho Gupte and Saqib Saleem of ‘Bombay Talkies’. Based on inline speed skating, the sports film is slated to release on May 9. “I never audition any child and they also don’t test me, so that’s a great and a long lasting friendship. Children inspire me and I really respect the world of the children,” said Gupte. “It’s like a kingdom that I never want to leave because they are honest, transparent, they don’t judge you and I don’t judge them either,” he added.

While Partho plays a rural boy, who is new to the speed sport, Saqib would be seen in the role of a coach. Gupte said his film boasts a nail-bitting 20-minute-long climax. “The movie is about inner strength and living your dreams.........