Simplicity of story made me sign up for Aamad : Saqib
Mumbai June 19 (IANS) Actor Saqib Saleem whose short film Aamad released on Monday says it was the simple plot of Neeraj Udhwani s directorial that made him sign up for the project.
The short film released on Terribly Tiny Talkies a channel on YouTube.
Aamad is a short film based on an emotional yet strained relationship between a father and his son in which the son is embarrassed of his father being a Kathak dancer.
It s a story that when I read it I knew I wanted to do. It was only later I realised Kathak wouldn t be easy but we put in a week to try and do it to the best of our abilities. The simplicity of the story is what made me take on this short film said Saleem in a statement.
Aamad also features Arif Zakaria Charu Rohatgi and Abeer Pandit.
Saqib was last seen in Dobaara: See Your Evil which was his first project with his sister and actress Huma Qureshi.
The Prawaal Raman directorial which released on June 2 is an official adaptation of the 2013 American horror film Oculus.
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