Confirmed: Mangesh Hadawale To Launch Sanjay Bhansali’s Niece & Jaaved Jaaferi’s Son

The very gifted Marathi director Mangesh Hadawale whose unreleased film Dekh Indian Circus has Nawazuddin Siddiqui in his career’s best performance, is all set to direct  two high-profile  newcomers in a love story that, according to sources, goes far beyond the boy-meets-girl trope.

The  debutants to be launched in a film produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, are Jaaved Jaaferi’s son Mizaan and Bhansali’s niece Sharmin.The  untitled film will go on the floors as soon as Bhansalicompletes and releases his own  directorial venture Padmavati in November.

According to sources Hadawale’s film launching  the star-son and the star-niece will  be shot entirely in the real space.
“It won’t be  a fantasy-romance, but a very real story with the kind of social relevance that made Nagraj Manjule’s Sairat so special,” says the informed source.

While Mizaan is undergoing rigorous training  to prepare for his part, Sharmin has attended acting school in New York. Her mother BelaSehgal(Sanjay Bhansali’s sister) has edited a majority of  SanjayBhansli’s film and also directed the Boman Irani-Farah Khan comedy Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi. Sharmin’s father Deepak Sehgal’s father Mohan Segal was a well-known filmmaker  of the 1970s  who introduced Rekha to the screen in Sawan Bhadow.

Sharmin is described as  a “combination of Divya Bharati and PreityZinta” while Mizaan is said to  convey the “reckless passion” of Shah Rukh Khan and the “bridled intensity” of Ajay Devan.

This is one power-couple we can hardly wait to see.