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Filmmaker Anil Sharma, who has directed his son Utkarsh’s debut movie Genius, says he was not gentle with him on the sets at all.
Anil hosted a wrap-up party of Genius along with Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Ayesha Jhulka, Aruna Irani and Madhu Chopra, apart from newcomers Ishita and Utkarsh here on Wednesday.
Anil told the media: “Everyone must be thinking that Utkarsh is my son, so I must have treated him gently on the film sets, but that’s not the case. I am a taskmaster as a director.
“I worked with him in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as well. When I work as a director, then I only act as a director. That time I only see actors like characters for my film. While shooting for Gadar…, I made Utkarsh shoot in really tough conditions and late nights as well, so in this film also I have treated him only as an actor who plays the character in my film, and not as a son.”
In Gadar…, Utkarsh was a child artiste.
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On his experience of working with Utkarsh in Genius, Anil said: “It was really great. Since his first film as a child actor, I realised that he has a special talent. Then he did a film production course in the US. I think in this film, he has done a fantastic job with his realistic performance, but now things are in the audience’s hands — whether they will accept him or not as an actor, as I think the image of an actor is largely created by the audience.