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(Above) Amole Gupte with son

Painter, activist, social worker, actor and filmmaker Amole Gupte is all set to direct his second feature film. Amole continues filming a world he empathises with passionately.

“Children,” exults the creative director of Taare Zameen Par, one of the most important films of our times, “Children will be part of all my creative endeavours. I work with Aseema and other organisations. My aim is to work with them.”

Amole’s next film is called India Item. “I’m just about wrapping up the script that has 40 children in the cast. Like Taare Zameen Par, India Item will be a playground for my creativity. A part of the script is about rollerskating. When I saw Sammir Dattani in Mukhbiir I immediately wanted to cast him in one of the film’s adult roles of a rollerskater. To my surprise he turned out to be a national-level skating champion.”

Sammir plays the protagonist’s younger brother.

Says Amole, “For the pivotal role I want Salman Khan. There’s no second choice. I see myself as a soldier battling against injustice to children. That’s what Salman plays in India Item. It’s the role of what I’d call an uncalculated social worker. I’ve seen that look of spontaneous compassion in Salman’ s eyes. I’ve seen his innocence and purity in dealing with kids. He isn’t in it for fame or vanity.”

Strangely, Amole hasn’t even sent feelers to Salman yet. “I don’t need to. I know he won’t say no. I wanted to finish the script then go to him. Now I’m ready.”

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