Vivaan Shah wants to remake Hero Hiralal

Bollywood actor Vivaan Shah says that he has several favourite films of his father, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, but he would like to remake Hero Hiralal.

“I think that film really needs to be remade. It was a superb story. Especially the first half of the film is outstanding. The second half has some issues but because of the powerful first half it needs to be remade,” Shah said at the screening of Dear Dad in Mumbai on Thursday.

Naseeruddin played the titular character in Hero Hiralal, which was directed by Ketan Mehta. Sanjana Kapoor was the lead opposite Naseerudddine, while Mehta’s wife, Deepa Sahi, played an important character.

“My personal favourites [from my father’s films are] Jalwa, Masoom and a very old film of his called Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai.”

Shah, who started his career with Vishal Bhardwaj’s Priyanka Chopra starrer 7 Khoon Maaf, has also worked with Farah Khan in Happy New Year and with Anurag Kashyap in Bombay Velvet.

“My wish, hope and attempt is to make my father feel proud with my work,” he said. “I have been doing theatre with my father since childhood. When I joined him after completing my studies, it was a wonderful experience. I got to learn so much from him.

The most important thing in a father-son relationship is that they should be friends with each other”.

Shah says he takes the pressure of being a star son as a motivation to “work twice as hard, excel and achieve. It is a healthy pressure.”