Mumbai: Shahid Kapoor's half brother Ishaan
Khatter, who is all set to make his big screen debut with
Majid Majidi's "Beyond the Clouds", says the Bollywood star is
a paternal figure in his life.
On a question whether there will be competition with
Shahid, Ishaan told reporters, "No, not at all. He is almost
like a teacher, he is a paternal figure in my life. I learnt
so much by watching him, I can't possibly consider myself a
competition to him. In fact, I would say we are a team."
The actor was speaking at the trailer launch of the film
along with Majidi, music composer A R Rahman and co-star
Malavika Mohanan here today.
The film dwells on the intricacies of human relationships
and revolves around a pair of brother and sister who, in a bid
to help each other, end up in jail.
Ishaan, who is also working in the Bollywood remake of
Marathi movie "Sairat" produced by Karan Johar said he
discussed Majidi's project with his mother Neelima Azeem,
Shahid and Johar.
"Because I stay with my mom and spend most of my time
with her so obviously I spoke to her. The first person after
that I would go to would be my brother. I felt strongly
about the film. I am doing another film with Karan Johar
('Dhadak')
"At that time we were in talks about starting that film
as my first film so I spoke to him (Karan) as well and he was
gracious, he let me go ahead and do this film first. These
were the first three people I spoke to," he said.
The film will release on March 23.
PTI
