Winds Of Change

Nurturing dreams stemmed from pure act of passion will go a long way to see the light of the day and these star kids wouldn’t have it any other way. All set to step into the ‘goodbad’ world of Bollywood, Namashi Chakraborty and Amrin Qureshi have their heart and mind in the right place.

- Shivpriya Bajpai

If you think all that it takes to step into the tinsel town are star parents, then you read them wrong. The young and dynamic duo – Namashi Chakraborty and Amrin Qureshi are geared up to carry on the legacy of Mithun Chakraborty and Sajid Qureshi with their deep-rooted passion and love for Indian cinema. With their debut venture, Bad Boy, a romantic comedy directed by the veteran filmmaker Raj Kumar Santoshi, slated for a January 2020 theatrical release, Namashi and Amrin want to sink in the feeling and enjoy every moment. They get candid about their roles, learning graphs, on facing comparisons, and more, in an exclusive interview. Edited excerpts…

Congratulations on your debut film, Bad Boy. How are you keeping it together at this moment of major adrenaline?

NC: I am thankful and grateful to have been given this opportunity. Working with Sajid bhai and Rajkumar Santoshi sir, I mean it can’t get better than this, especially for a debutante.

AQ: Honestly, I myself don’t know how I am keeping up with this. It feels surreal at times. This is our dream and we have given it our best. We cannot wait for everyone to see our hard work.

Tell us something about the film and your characters. How did you decide upon ‘romantic comedy’ as your debut genre?

NC: As a debutante, I didn’t have the luxury to decide. I was chosen for the role. But to my luck, the genre is 'romantic comedy' which happens to be my comfort zone. So, Bad Boy is basically a love story of this roadside Romeo who falls in love with a girl who comes from a very authoritative family, and how their romance creates a lot of hilarious moments in their lives.