Sudhir Mishra adopts his homeless Hero

Sudhir Mishra adopts his homeless Hero
Thursday, August 21, 2008 16:03 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> Remember what happened to Shafiq Sayed, the street-child from the celebrated Mira Nair epic Salaam Bombay? After his 8 minutes of international fame, Shafiq went right back to the streets and anonymity.

Sudhir Mishra who signed another underprivileged child Sikandar Aggarwal for his ready-for-release Tera Kya Hoga Johnny, is determined not to let Sikandar revert to his old life.

"Sikandar is from an impoverished family in Jharkhand. But he has immense talent and a sharp mind. I saw him in a Bengali film Shadows Of Time directed by a German director Florian Gallenberger. No one knew what happened to Sikandar after it. But I knew he was the right face and personality to play my Johnny."

Sudhir put his casting director on the job. "She rediscovered Sikandar as a camera assistant in one of the dingy studios of Kolkata. Sikandar has lived up to all my expectations in Tera Kya Hoga Johnny. Now he's my responsibility."

Not only has Sudhir taken charge of the boy's life he's determined to see him make something of his life. "Ideally I'd have liked to adopt Sikandar legally. But at 17 he's too old for adoption.

So I've given him everything that I would have as an adoptive parent. He lives in my place permanently and all his expenses are borne with me. Now that the film is over I intend to put him in a college and see him educated."

As creative people Sudhir feels a filmmaker's responsibility goes beyond entertainment. "That's what my cinema has always reflected. My films are not about diverting audiences' minds for three hours.

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny is about a street child. It takes me back to the social issues of Dharavi. The film's release got delayed because of some editing problems.

I don't want it to be just one of those films that come and go in a clutter of Friday releases. Fortunately I'm the film's co-producer. So I do have control over the release.".
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