Sachin to direct Kannada film

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Mala

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Posted: 19 years ago

Sachin to direct Kannada film

His most recent claim to fame may rest on his dancing skills, but Nach Baliye champ Sachin is back to his first love - filmmaking.

Sachin is flying out to Bangalore on Monday to begin shooting for a Kannada feature film....the first for the child star turned director, who's done several Marathi films till date.

Two to tango - Sachin and Supriya

But this time Sachin will not be seen on screen, and will wield only the directorial baton instead. How well versed in Kannada is he, we wonder. "Oh, hardly, but then they insisted that they wanted me to direct the film!" laughs the dance champion.

As with Sachin's other films, even the Kannada flick will belong to the comedy genre. This isn't all. He already has two more Marathi films lined up for shooting, before he takes up the project he announced just after the Nach Baliye finals - a Marathi feature film titled Aamhi Satpute, that will star him and wife Supriya.

The film was conceived by Sachin earlier this year, but received a boost after the couple was selected to be part of Nach Baliye 16 weeks ago. Says Sachin, "Nach Baliye changed our entire mindset. Within six weeks of beginning our rehearsals, I had the entire first draft of the script written."

Edited by Malashetty - 19 years ago