After
Sanjay
Gadhvi's
proposed
Parisian
romance
7
Days
&
7
Nights
In
Paris,
which
apparently
has
now
been
relocated
to
Punjab,
we
now
have
the
Rajeev
Khandelwal
starrer
Joker
being
relocated
from
New
Zealand
to
Ooty
at
the
eleventh
hour.
The
emotional
father-son
story
directed
by
Kumar
Gaurav's
cousin
Vikram
Tuli,
featuring
Rajeev
with
the
5-year
old
Shrey
Bawa
was
supposed
to
be
shot
from
the
end
of
January
to
the
middle
of
February
in
New
Zealand.
But
the
film's
main
drama
has
now
been
shot
in
Ooty.
Rajeev
feels
the
shift
of
location
makes
no
difference
to
the
essential
emotions
of
the
film.
He
has
never
felt
more
challenged
as
an
actor.
Quips
Rajeev,
"That's
because
I've
never
had
a
more
challenging
co-star.
Shrey
Bawa
who
plays
my
son
is
just
5.
But
he's
a
veteran
compared
with
me.
He
has
done
innumerable
ads.
And
he
played
Priyanka
Chopra
and
Bobby
Deol's
son
in
Dostana.
He
gives
me
the
shivers.
I
just
can't
keep
up
with
him."
Apparently,
the
Bawa
boy
is
so
brilliant
that
he
makes
Rajeev
fumble
with
his
lines.
In
the
dramatic
scenes,
Rajeev
often
has
to
ask
for
retakes.
Bawa
gets
it
right
the
first
time.
Says
Rajeev,
"This
is
a
very
emotional
father-son
story.
Many
times
I
get
too
choked
to
say
my
dialogues.
But
Shrey
never
slips
up.
He's
the
best
actor
I've
worked
with."
Where
does
that
leave
Prachi
Desai
who
plays
Rajeev's
love
interest
in
Joker?
Rajeev
is
mighty
excited
by
the
new
jodi.
"Prachi
and
I
go
back
a
long
way.
We
were
both
part
of
Ekta
Kapoor's
Balaji
soaps.
Now
when
I
see
us
together
in
this
film
I
wonder
why
no
one
thought
of
casting
us
together
before."
Rajeev
has
also
signed
a
film
to
be
produced
by
Nariman
Irani's
production
house
who
had
done
the
original
Amitabh
Bachchan-starrer
Don.
Entitled
Taiynaat
the
Khandelwal
starrer
will
be
directed
by
debutant
Ehsan
Hyder.
This
would
be
the
fourth
film
of
Rajeev's
career
and
all
four
with
debutant
directors.
"And
there's
a
fifth
debutant
director
Vibhu
Puri
coming
up
in
Chenab
Gandhi," Rajeev
says
happily.