Gadhvi’s Gurudakshina to Adi

Sanjay Gadhvi offered his gurudakshina to Aditya Chopra by handing him the first CD of his new movie Kidnap.

“After the screening for the cast and crew I’ll hold a special show at Yash Raj Studios for Yashji and Adi,” he said, “and as a sign of respect I also gave the first CD to them. I am what I am because of them. I go to the Yash Raj office every fortnight to have lunch and hang around.”

Sanjay became famous after directing Dhoom for Yash Raj. Since then, however, he has parted ways with them.

Kidnap stars new Khan phenomenon Imran with Minissha Lamba and Sanjay Dutt. The film goes up against Abhishek Bachchan’s Drona this weekend.

“We have a four-day weekend starting with Thursday when we’re both releasing,” Sanjay said, “and then they’re two completely different kinds of films. Earlier, we’ve had two films on the same day doing well — ‘Gadar – Ek Prem Katha’ and ‘Lagaan’, for example. Besides it’s Eid. Everyone releases films on Friday. We’re releasing on dry day. We were supposed to release in August but were pushed forward.”

Minissha was cast in Yash Raj’s “Bachna Ae Haseeno” after she started shooting for Gadhvi’s “Kidnap”.

“I was at Yash Raj’s office once. And Adi asked me how she was. The next thing I knew she was cast in a Yash Raj film,” said Gadhvi.

After the release of “Kidnap”, Gadhvi intends to take a break. “I feel burnt out. I haven’t had a break in 19 years. I live with my parents. I’ve a wife and kids. The children are not brats, fortunately.”

Gadhvi’s father is a Gujarati filmmaker.