The
affable
Riteish
Deshmukh
will
no
more
do
sex
comedies.
The
guy
whose
name
got
willy-nilly
linked
with
raunchy
rom-coms
like
Masti
and
Kya
Kool
Hain
Hum
has
sworn
to
steer
clear
of
sex
on
screen.
Declares
Riteish,
"I
won't
do
any
more
sex
comedies.
It
started
with
Masti.
Now
five
years
down
the
line,
Masti
writer
Milap
Zaveri,
who's
a
dear
friend,
has
turned
director
with
Jaane
Kahan
Se
Aayi
Hai
and
there's
absolutely
no
sex
or
double-meaning
dialogues
in
it."
Riteish
Deskhmukh
and
writer-director
Milap
Zaveri
have
both
set
a
common
date.
April
9
has
been
underlined
in
the
calendar.
It's
the
day
Jaane
Kahan
Se
Aayi
Hai
is
being
released.
Five
years
ago
on
same
date
-
April
9
-
Masti
had
been
released.
Zaveri
wanted
his
film
as
director
to
be
released
on
that
date.
Says
Riteish,
"Both
Milap
and
I
go
back
a
long
way.
We've
come
a
long
way.
We've
left
our
raunchy
days
behind.
Jaane
Kahan
Se
Aayi
Hai
is
my
first
romantic
film
since
my
debut
film
Tujhe
Meri
Kasam
in
2003.
Milap
is
the
most
romantic
person
I
know.
So
it's
only
fair
that
he
makes
a
romantic
film
with
me."
Riteish
and
Milap
are
long-time
collaborators.
Milap
even
scripts
Riteish's
lines
for
an
international
awards
function
which
Riteish
hosts
with
Boman
every
year.
Says
Ritesh
fondly,
"I
think
Milap's
sense
of
humour
and
quips
suit
me.
We
may
have
gone
over-the-top
in
Masti.
But
now
we've
both
settled
down
to
a
mellow
expression
in
Jaane
Kahan
Se
Aayi
Hai."
Riteish
is
being
extra-picky
about
his
roles
now.
He
has
to
make
sure
that
nothing
corny
or
controversial
comes
his
way.
"After
Sajid
Khan's
Housefull,
I
haven't
signed
anything
except
Dhamaal
2
which
is
not
a
sex
comedy.
How
can
it
be?
When
it
features
no
female
actors.
That
apart,
I
'm
planning
something
again
with
Ram
Gopal
Varma.
Ramuji
knows
how
to
use
me
well
on
screen.
Each
time
we've
done
something
different."
Riteish
Deshmukh
and
Akshay
Kumar
play
a
couple
of
losers
in
their
new
comedy
together.
Says
Riteish,
"Akshay
and
I
work
in
a
casino
in
Housefull.
Any
table
that
Akshay
touches
ends
up
having
losers
on
it."
For
the
first
time
Riteish
along
with
the
rest
of
the
cast
has
taken
off
his
clothes
in
Housefull.
"Sajid
Khan
said,
'Enough
female
skin.
I
want
to
show
male
skin
now.
I
told
him
to
hold
the
song
until
the
end
of
the
schedule,
so
that
I
work
could
towards
building
my
body
for
the
sequence
on
the
beach," says
the
generally
shy
Riteish
Deshmukh
about
his
new
6-pack
look.
Finally,
the
mandatory
question
on
his
dosti
with
Genelia
D'Souza.
"Can't
I
give
you
my
mandatory
answer?
Then
I'll
say
we've
been
friends
from
the
time
we
did
Tujhe
Meri
Kasam
together.
And
so
it
shall
remain.
The
profile
of
our
friendship
is
not
going
to
change."
Story first published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 11:42 [IST]