Dads will always remain overprotective about their little girls.

So it comes as no surprise that Shatrughan Sinha is unhappy with daughter Sonakshi's late night shoots for Shirish Kunder's Joker. He has apparently given her a deadline of 1 am to be home.

However, it seems Sona is not taking her dad's diktat very seriously.

Says Kunder, "Sonakshi doesn't have any issue at all doing late night shoots. At least, she hasn't come and told me about it. If this problem is addressed to me, I will take special care as the director and producer of the film."

The director is also clueless about Shatrughan's 1 am deadline. "I have not been informed of any deadline set for Sonakshi by Mr Sinha.

We have been shooting a lot of night sequences. Sometimes we shoot till sunrise. We want a lot of dramatic light in the film, which is not possible to create during the day.

In fact, 40 per cent of our shoot is still remaining and most of it is at night, " he says.

However, a crew member of UTV Motion Pictures insists, "It's a known fact that Shatrughan Sinha is very protective of his daughter.

Being an actor himself he understands the unpredictable shooting hours, but as a dad he is not very pleased with her continuous late night shoots. He has asked her to be home by 1 at night.

The actress knows that her dad is just hyper-ventilating, so she hasn't felt the need to inform her producers about this as yet."

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