Actors Sunny Deol and Punam Dhillon recently rode on nostalgia as they recalled their onscreen chemistry at the trailer-launch event of Rajveer Deol and Paloma’s debut feature film Dono.
Rajveer, who is Sunny’s youngest son, shares screen space with Punam’s daughter Paloma in the upcoming Rajshri Productions and Jio Studios romantic drama. The movie, which is slated to hit the theatres on October 5, will be directed by Hum Aapke Hain Koun helmer Sooraj R. Barjatya’s son Avnish S. Barjatya.
Taking a trip down memory lane, Sunny talked about his first experience of working with Punam in the 1984 movie Sohni Mahiwal. “I couldn’t see the success of my debut film Betaab because I was straightaway taken to Russia to shoot for Sohni Mahiwal. Anu Malik composed some lovely songs for the film,” he reminisced.
Punam said she and Sunny actually had grown together as young actors through their films. “Now our children are making their debut in films together. Please give them the love that you gave us.”
Praising Rajshri Productions for always upholding family values, Sunny said Dono was based on such values and celebrations. “I produced a film called Socha Na Tha and showed it to all the journalists at that time because I was very proud of it. And I think Dono is nothing less than Socha Na Tha, maybe more. This is very rooted and today’s youngsters’ film. I can vouch for the film because I have seen it,” he added.
On his part, Rajveer said he liked the fact that he plays a character in the movie rather than a hero. “When I heard the script, I felt that it was a character and not a hero. I felt that he was an individual.”
Paloma said her hopes as a newcomer is that people would like their work and accept them. “It’ll help us get more chances to prove ourselves. And I hope that we get the same love that our parents have gotten but we will eventually have to create our own identity.”
Sooraj R. Barjatya, who directed films like Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) and Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994) under the banner of Rajshri Productions, also talked about his son’s maiden feature film. “Thirty-five years ago I was also a newcomer. It rained heavily on the first day of the shoot of Maine Pyaar Kiya and it also rained on the first day of the shoot of Dono. I can only say that all our blessings are with the kids. We are nervous parents today.”
Sharing the advice that he gave to his son making his first film, the veteran filmmaker said, “When Avnish narrated the film’s subject to me, I told him, ‘Make the film you want to make but see to it that Rajshri audience will also come to watch the film.”
