Darsheel is in talks for a film called Dedh with Sanjay Dutt

Ever since Darsheel Safary became the youngest superstar
of Bollywood, speculation has been rife about which film Darsheel would do next.

After the release of Taare Zameen Par, the young prodigy’s parents were very sure that the boy would concentrate on his studies and go back to his normal life. But then the offers got more and more lucrative.

And the one tempting Darsheel out of his determination to stay away from the movies is Sanjay Dutt.

The film to be produced by Sunil Shetty’s Popcorn Entertainment proposes to bring Dutt and Darsheel together.

Entitled Dedh (1½ ) the comedy is to be helmed by the One Two Three director Ashwani Dhir.

Says the director, “Sanjay Dutt has been finalised for the project. We need to work out the dates. As for the boy, yes we do want Darsheel and are trying for him. Let’s see.”

Says a source, “See, the Sanjay Dutt film with another kid is just one more film. But Dutt and Darsheel.
That rocks!”

Dhir isn’t the only director wooing Darsheel for a post-TZP encore. Several other filmmakers have the same idea. Debutante director Vikram Singh’s forthcoming mama-bhanja tale Mastang Mama which stars Ruslaan Mumtaz as the young and hip uncle wants Darsheel to play the nephew.

Says Ruslaan, “It’s about two brats one grown-up and the other a kid. Darsheel would be ideal. But I believe he’s too expensive.”

Subash K. Jha