New Delhi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali has decided to go for light hearted films. Known for dark and profound films such as ‘Khamoshi’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Devdas’ and ‘Black’, Bhansali is soon coming up with a film called ‘My Friend Pinto’, which has comedy as its genre. However, this time he is not the director. Sanjay Leela Bhansali in collaboration with UTV Films has produced ‘My Friend Pinto’.
‘My Friend Pinto’ delves into the life of a young Goan boy Michael Pinto, who lives a musical life. Aged around twenty years, Pinto likes to believe that the world is full of honesty and good people.
He has very few people in his life including a typical mother and a long separated friend. Pinto’s childhood buddy Sameer had moved to Mumbai some years ago and they have lost touch ever since.
Pinto also has a natural leaning for accidents that invariably get him trapped in extremely funny situations.
One day Pinto’s mother dies and he sets out for Mumbai to find his childhood friend Sameer.
Now, the grand city of Mumbai and great antics of Pinto are about to encounter each other. Only the release of ‘My Friend Pinto’ will declare the name of the winner.
Prateik Babbar is playing the role of sweet and innocent Pinto in the film directed by Raghav Dar.
Quite often called as the dark horse of the Hindi film industry, Prateik Babbar was last seen in Prakash Jha’s ‘Aarakshan’, where he had played the role of an upper caste student who does not get a seat in the institution of his choice due to the reservation policy of the government.
Prior to ‘Aarakshan’, Babbar had donned the character of Munna in Aamir Khan Productions’ ‘Dhobi Ghat’. Babbar had impressed the critics as well as the common movie goers by his portrayal of a wannabe film star Munna who actually provides laundry service for a living.
Prateik is not new for the Goa set up also. He has already acted as a Goan boy Lorry in Rohan Sippy’s ‘Dum Maaro Dum’.
After his debut in ‘Jane Tu Ya Jane Na’, Prateik Babbar has emerged as an actor who can fulfil the place left vacant by Shahid Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan. These actors are no more suitable for the roles belonging to the age group of 19-23 years. Thus, Babbar along with Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor is among the prominent actors to fit in the roles that showcase college going guys.
Kalki Koechlin is also going to be seen in ‘My Friend Pinto’. Her last film ‘That Girl in Yellow Boots’ has not done well at the box office and thus she
will be itching for a commercially successful film.
Made under the banner of UTV Films, ‘My Friend Pinto’ is scheduled to hit the theatres on October 14.
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