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Priyadarshan on directing Saif: ‘Found him a little greedy’

'I fou d him a little g eedy': P iyada sha  ope s up about di ecti g Saif Ali Kha  fo  the fi st time i  'Haiwaa '; calls him a 'matu e child'


‘I
fou d
him
a
little
g eedy’:
P iyada sha
ope s
up
about
di ecti g
Saif
Ali
Kha
fo
the
fi st
time
i
‘Haiwaa ‘;
calls
him
a
‘matu e
child’

Saif
Ali
Kha
is
teami g
up
with
vete a
filmmake

P iyada sha
fo
the
fi st
time
i
the
psychological
th ille
‘Haiwaa ‘.
Ahead
of
the
film’s
elease,
the
di ecto
has
sha ed
some
i sights
about
wo ki g
with
the
acto .
F om
calli g
him
“obedie t”
to
p aisi g
his
love
fo
books,
P iyada sha
offe ed
a
peek
i to
thei
c eative
equatio
o
set.

P iyada sha
calls
Saif
Ali
Kha
‘a
little
g eedy’

I
a
i te view
with
Pi kvilla,
P iyada sha
desc ibed
his
expe ie ce
di ecti g
the
55-yea -old
acto
i
a
u usual
way.
He
said,
“I
fou d
him
a
ve y
obedie t
acto ,
a
little
g eedy
but
a
ve y
obedie t
acto ,
so
that
is
the
best
pa t
about
him.
I
thi k
he
developed
a
ce tai
ki d
of
co fide ce
i
me,
which
eally
helped
me
to
take
the
film
fo wa d
i
a
ve y
smooth
way,”
P iyada sha
said.

P iyada sha
feels
Saif
Ali
Kha
is
a
‘matu e
child’

The
‘Bhool
Bhulaiyaa’
di ecto
also
spoke
about
Saif
Ali
Kha ‘s
i quisitive
atu e
o
set,
oti g
that
his
cu iosity
eve
got
i
the
way
of
the
wo k.
He
said,
“I
fou d
him
a
ve y
matu e
child
because
he
has
a
lot
of
questio s
eve y
time,
a d
of
cou se,
eve y
acto
has
the
ight
questio ,
but
the
mome t
it
is
a swe ed,
he
just
obeys
you.”P iyada sha
evealed
that
thei
collabo atio
became
smoothe
withi
days.
He
added,
“Afte
two
days,
I
fou d
that
the e
was
o
questio ,
so
I
asked
him
i
the
mo i g,
‘A y
questio s?’
He
said,
‘No
si ,
ow
I
k ow
what
you
wa t
to
shoot.’

So
that
actually
builds
ou
co fide ce
with
each
othe ,
a d
that
is
the
way
it
we t
o .”

P iyada sha
talks
about
Saif
Ali
Kha ‘s
love
fo
books

The
filmmake
also
p aised
Saif’s
o -set
discipli e,
oti g
that
he
p efe ed
eadi g
du i g
b eaks
ove
sc olli g
o
his
pho e.
P iyada sha ,
who
desc ibed
himself
as
a
fa
of
Saif’s
oyal
li eage,
said
thei
co ve satio s
ofte
we t
beyo d
films.
He
said,
“I
could
discuss
a
lot
of
thi gs
with
him
because
I
am
a
huge
Nawab
Pataudi
fa ,
so
I
spe t
a
lot
of
time
with
him.”

Mo e
about
‘Haiwaa ‘

The
make s
ece tly
eleased
the
tease
of
‘Haiwaa ‘,
featu i g
Saif
as
a
visually
challe ged
p otago ist
a d

Akshay
Kuma
as
the
a tago ist.
The
film
eu ites
the
two
acto s
18
yea s
afte
‘Tasha ‘
(2008).
‘Haiwaa ‘
is
set
to
hit
theat es
o
Septembe
11.

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