BOLLYWOOD actress and author Deepti Naval is excited about teaming up with eminent actor Farooq Sheikh for the upcoming film Listen Amaya.
“I was excited about working with Farooq again as we have done some memorable films together such as Chashme Baddoor, Katha, Saath Saath and Rang Birangi. I have always enjoyed working with him.
“My two favourite actors are Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh. I am happy that I got to work with them,” she said.
Even though Deepti and Sheikh have worked together in several films, the two haven’t stayed in touch.
“We were not really in touch until we met at a function,” she said.
Listen Amaya is about the relationship between a middle-aged widow essayed by Deepti and her daughter, played by Swara Bhaskar of Tanu Weds Manu fame, and what happens when the mother falls in love with a 60-year-old retired photographer, played by Sheikh.
“We are just so natural… when we are in front of the camera it all happens… it all comes out spontaneously. The natural chemistry is still there between us,” Naval said about her onscreen equation with Shaikh.
Listen Amaya directed by debutant director Avinash Kumar Singh releases on February 1.
When asked about directors she admired, Naval said she is a great fan of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and wanted to be a part of his last directorial venture Guzaarish.
“I love the kind of films Sanjay Leela Bhansali makes. I don’t know about the public and the industry, but I am an all-time Sanjay Leela Bhansali fan. His cinema is completely stylised and commercial and yet hugely experimental. I love his cinema,” Naval said.