Amongst all the fresh comers entering Bollywood lately, the industry is all set to greet yet another newbie on the block. Pooja Bedi‘s daughter Alaia F, who is previously quite a sensation on social media, will be making her debut next year in Saif Ali Khan‘s home production, Jawaani Jaaneman.
The film will be directed by Nitin Kakkar whose Filmistaan bagged the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 2013. Jawani Janeman is a coming-of-age story of a 40-year-old man and revolves around his relationship with his daughter who will be played by actress Pooja Bedi’s daughter Alaia.
‘She has all the qualities we were looking for in the young lead, the charisma and energy to take the film to the level that it needs. We are lucky to have found our perfect cast and I’m looking forward to working with Alaia,’ says Saif. Alaia has done acting workshops with Ritesh Kant and Abhishek Pandey earlier.
Alaia also took to social media to declare her film debut:
Jay, who has worked with Saif as a creative producer on Race and Race 2, added that they have zeroed in on the debutante after screen-testing 50 aspirants. ‘Someone told me that Pooja Bedi’s daughter wants to act, so I checked out her pictures and sent a message to Pooja who put me in touch with Alaia’s agency. We loved her test, she’s got the film completely on her own merit,’ he informs.
Jay then took Alaia to Kashmir to meet her director. ‘Within 10 minutes of our meeting, Nitin felt that she is the perfect cast for this film. She will play a fun-loving, independent girl, sporting a modern look in the film and will begin her readings and workshops next month, while we will start shooting for the film in March. However, she pretty much needs to be herself in the film as the role is quite tailor-made for her,’ adds Jay.
The film goes on floors early next year in London. All the best, Alaia! We are eagerly looking forward to seeing you on the big screen.
