Acclaimed filmmaker JP Dutta wants to launch his daughter,Nidhi, in Bollywood, and is focusing all his energies towards the same. The story is that of friendship and love, and will be medium budgeted. The young aspiring actress will be seen debuting alongside Nafisa Ali's son, Ajit Sodhi.
Talking about launching his daughter, Duttasays, "Nidhi is the third generation of Duttas to become a part of thefilm industry. She had assisted me during Umrao Jaan' and I then realised that she was keener on facing the camera than staying behind it. But after that I went to Border 2' and being a war film, there wasn't anything substantial fora girl."
Then, one day, he heard Nidhi speaking to BinoyGandhi, who has assisted director Kunal Kohli in a couple of films, and understood that his daughter was interested in debuting with a light-hearted romance.
"Since I haven't made any rom-coms I decided that Binoy who was ready with an original script, should make his directorial debut with this as-yet-untitled film," says Dutta.
Talking about what sets his daughter apart from the other newcomers of this generation, the proud father said, "During a recent photo-session with Nidhi, her resemblance with Bindiya (wife Bindya Goswami) struck me. She has the same endearing quality; a girl you would want to take home to your mother.
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