Partho Gets A Pat On The Back From His Real-Life Coach

Partho Gets A Pat On The Back From His Real-Life Coach
Thursday, May 08, 2014 14:06 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
In the film Hawaa Hawaai young Partho Ghosh's rollerskating coach is played by Saqib Salim.

However Partho's real-life coach on whom Saqib's character is modelled to , is Ajay Shivlani who runs the skating school Rollfit in Mumbai. Partho who learnt rollerskating from scratch for his role as the underprivileged dreamer Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare is now so adept at the sport of his training that the boy intends to pursue skating long after the film will be released and over.

His appreciative coach Shivlani says, `It's very rare that any coach would get such an opportunity to be a part of a full fledged film that promotes ones sport and gives credibility to his passion.We did have someone like Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare in our class.Only he didn't have a past like the film, was from not so lucky background but was raring to accomplish his dream in the world of speed skating .He was our student for more than 12 years and proved his mettle at the District, State and National level competitions. Was a gold medalist and over all state champion in his age group for 6 years in a stretch.`

Shivlani is all praise for Partho's abilities. `His camaraderie with other skaters during class practice and shooting, or even with Saqib Salim(whp plays Shivlani in the film) or the band of boys; speaks for his simple and down to earth easy going attitude. I am absolutely confident about Partho being one of the finest actors in our country.Partho as Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare managed to ignite lots of nostalgic and delicate feelings other than holding me tight in my world of skating training.`


Partho's father Amole Gupte cautions against heaping praise on his son. `My wife Deepa and I are not sure we want Partho to hear all this praise. He is too young for adulation. He is learning. He's passionate about his guitar and about his skating. I want him to be dedicated to every positive experience in life. Luckily for us, Partho didn't lost his bearings when he was heaped with recognition for my first film with him Stanley Ka Dabba including a National award. We are sure Partho will deal with maturity with the recognition he gets for Hawaa Hawaai.`

Apparently Amole insists that the other 4 child actors who play Partho's friends in the film Ashfaque Bismillah Khan, Salman Chote Khan, Maaman Memon and Thiruptathi Kushnapelli share the limelight with Partho.

Partho himself shows no signs of vanity.

At a special screening he surprised amused and embarrassed Huma Qureshi(Saqib's sister) by touching her feet.

`She is older than me. I am supposed to show respect for everyone who is older,` says the wonder-kid simply.
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