Enough of Aamir, Now Salman

Enough of Aamir, Now Salman
Thursday, May 08, 2008 13:11 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> Taare Zameen Par (TZP) was never meant to be the be-all end-all for its sidelined 'creative director'.

"TZP was just a small part of the work that I do with children. I've developed a life-long concern for issues relating to children.

I regard them as the largest-growing private sector of the country. So yes, my next film entitled India Item will have rollerskating in the backdrop."

Amole would love to have Salman Khan in the cast.

"I'll certainly like to work with him...Not because he's a big star but because I feel he cares for the weaker sections of our society. I've been spending a lot of time with dispossessed children.

Dyslexia which was the issue in TZP cannot be the only issue that concerns me. There're so many others and I want to use the cinematic medium to bring all these issues to the surface."

Amole has given his guru Nikumbh's name to the teacher in TZP. "A large part of my social concern comes from my teacher. And I wouldn't want his name to stained in any way."

He admits there's a lot of bitterness about the way he was treated during TZP. "I'm human after all. But I'm working on it.

For me working for and on subjects related to children is antidote enough. I start my film in June and July. Even if I don't get a nod from Salman by then I'd start my shooting with the children,"

Amole has been associated with rollerskating associations for a while. "In fact my son has been rollerskating for four years. As a skating father I've been cleaning up my son's rollerskates and been very much a part of the skating spirit in my house."

Why is the film called India Item? "Well, it doesn't have any item numbers. But children are an item, an issue on the Indian agenda...I had never styled a hit in TZP. That wasn't just a film for me.

It was my way of letting the child within all of us live. India Item will carry that movement forward. I don't matter.The movement does."
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