Mumbai: He is an actor, a singer and has
been a VJ in the past but Ayushmann Khurrana says turning
producer was not a part of his career plan.
Ayushmann has donned a producer's hat for wife Tahira
Kashyap's directorial debut "Toffee", a short film set in the
1990s which takes on child marriage.
The idea to turn producer was purely a creative decision
for Ayushmann and he felt a story on the issue of child
marriage was the need of the hour.
Ayushmann revealed that the idea of a short film struck
Tahira's during her childhood when she came across a girl
named Ritu, who was married when she was 15-year-old.
"It was a real life situation for Tahira that triggered
her to do something about it. That time she did not think of
making a short film. These kind of things are rampant in our
country. We are trying to pass on the message that child
marriage is not the right thing," he said.