Sanah Kapoor, daughter of veteran actors Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak, made her Bollywood debut with "Shaandar" alongside brother Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt and she is now back as a lead in Alberta-based producer Anmol Kapoor’s family comedy Saroj Ka Rista, which releases in Canada and India this Friday.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

MUMBAI - Sanah Kapoor, daughter of veteran actors Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak, made her Bollywood debut with "Shaandar" alongside brother Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt and she is now back as a lead in Alberta-based producer Anmol Kapoor’s family comedy Saroj Ka Rista, which releases in Canada and India this Friday.

Anmol, who was in Surrey to promote the film on Monday, told DESIBUZZCanada that the film tackles the subject of society’s obsession with physical beauty while ignoring the inner beauty that we all possess.

“Saroj Ka Rishta talks about everyday life struggles people go through and how society discriminates against overweight people but we wanted to tell the story from the point of view of such a woman and how she deals with and triumphs. Our message is let’s treat everyone equally and with love  and be considerate of them and cherish them,” Anmol Kapoor told DESIBUZZCanada.

Sanah plays the titular Saroj in “Saroj Ka Rishta“. Talking about her character, she said: “When I read the script, I instantly fell in love with it. I fell in love with this character, and I thought this was someone I wanted to bring to screen, someone I wanted to play. She has so many shades to her character, which was a lot of fun to portray. This film talks about something that I do not feel I have done enough justice to. It is still a subject very close to my heart and I wanted to do more with it. Plus, it’s a romantic-comedy, which is one of my favourite genres. I feel the film can make people laugh. I wanted to be a part of the genre.”

The film, about the relationship between a father and a daughter, also features Kumud Mishra in a significant role. Sanah Kapoor described the shooting of the film as a blast.

“It was a great experience working on this film because a bunch of young people came together to make the film, on a subject we all believed in. Each day on the set was just so much fun. We had a blast and it did not seem like work. I hope that when audience watches it, they can see how much fun we had making the film. I hope they love it as much as we loved making the film,” Sanah said.

The film, a wedding comedy, is directed by Abhishek Saxena. “In the film, the father talks with his daughter about her studies, her future and also her affairs. He is very concerned about his daughter and he discusses which boy is right for her. We will release the film on July 3, and very soon we will release the trailer,” said the director.

” ‘Saroj Ka Rishta’ is a wedding comedy. It is based in Ghaziabad. Supriya Pathak has a guest appearance in the film. It is a ‘desi’ story of a small middle-class family. It depicts the beautiful relationship a father shares with his daughter,” he added.

 “Saroj Ka Rishta” is set to release this Friday, Sept. 15.