"Sonam Kapoor is fun to work with" - Sammir Dattani
Features
oi-Staff
Sammir
Dattani
seems
to
be
on
a
high
these
days,
ask
him
why
and
he
says
"It's
this
buzz
in
the
air!" And
once
he
starts
speaking
you
can
almost
feel
that
'buzz'
too
because
he
just
can't
stop
talking.
There
are
many
reason
for
his
excitement,
firstly
is
the
Dubai
Film
Festival
he
will
be
going
for.
Says
Sammir,
"Right
now
I'm
looking
forward
to
going
to
Dubai
for
the
Film
Festival
on
December
9
where
Mr.
Shyam
Benegal's
Well
Done
Abba
is
being
screened.
To
be
part
of
a
film
by
Shyam
Babu
is
any
actor's
dream
come
true.
The
experience
was
fabulous
the
people
were
fabulous
and
I
got
chance
to
shoot
with
one
of
my
favourite
actors
of
all
time,
Boman
Irani."
Well
Done
Abba
is
the
second
film
to
bring
Sammir
and
Minissha
Lamba
together.
"I
had
a
guest
appearance
in
Madhur
Bhandarkar's
Corporate
with
Minissha.
For
Shyam
Babu's
film,
we
spent
a
lot
more
time
together.
Minissha
is
extremely
sweet
and
genuine.
But
working
with
Shyam
Babu?
Now
that's
something
else!"
That's
not
all;
there
is
more
reason
to
the
excitement,
which
happens
to
be
the
shoot
for
Karan
Johar's
I
Hate
Love
Stories
with
Sonam
Kapoor
and
Imran
Khan.
Speaking
about
the
Karan
Johar
(Dharma)
experience,
Sammir
says,
"Yes
the
shoot
in
on
full
swing
in
Mumbai
but
all
I'll
say
is,
this
is
the
most
comfortable
unit
I've
worked
with
since
my
debut
with
the
Rajshri's
Uff...Kya
Jadoo
Mohabbat
Hai.
The
director
Punit
Malhotra
knows
exactly
what
he
wants.
And
Sonam
is
loads
of
fun
to
work
with.
We
are
all
pretty
much
a
bunch
of
youngsters
on
the
set
having
fun
and
working
very
hard
at
the
same
time."
Sammir
was
constantly
in
and
out
of
Mumbai
as
he'd
been
shooting
in
3
cities.
"Sometimes
I
wake
up
in
the
morning
not
knowing
where
I
am.
I
was
in
Chennai
shooting
with
Shreya
Saran
for
a
film.
For
this
film
we
were
travelling
to
and
fro
from
Mumbai
to
Chennai
to
a
place
close
to
Vishakhapatnam
where
there
was
no
airport.
Then
I
had
to
rush
to
Jodhpur
for
a
longish
stint
of
Percept
Pictures
8.
Now
I'm
back
in
Mumbai
for
IHLS."
He
adds
laughing,
"You
know
what
I
can't
sleep
without
unpacking
my
luggage
no
matter
what
time
of
the
night
I
reach
my
destination.
People
around
me
think
it's
an
OCD,
but
I
say
I'm
just
plain
organized!
Lately
with
my
schedule
each
time,
I
unpack
I
wonder
why
I
even
try,
because
soon
it's
time
to
pack
again.
I
think
I'm
going
to
at
least
try
to
learn
how
to
live
out
of
a
suitcase
for
a
change!" As
though
waking
up
in
a
different
city
every
other
day
was
not
enough,
Sammir
underwent
a
series
of
spooky
experiences
while
shooting
in
a
Fort
in
Jodhpur
for
Percept
Pictures'
supernatural
thriller
8.
"I
don't
know
what
it
was;
maybe
it
was
the
atmosphere
of
the
place
or
just
the
atmosphere
on
set
that
I
carried
with
me
to
my
room.
But
I'd
constantly
feel
a
presence
in
my
room
and
caught
myself
scanning
the
room
a
number
of
times
just
to
make
sure
it
was
just
me
there.
I'm
not
superstitious
but
when
I
heard
one
of
the
king's
dancers
had
died
in
that
room,
I
demanded
a
change."
"I
know
every
other
place
from
forts
to
schools
have
such
legends,
but
if
am
working
on
a
horror
film
I'm
not
carrying
a
part
of
it
back
with
me
just
in
case
the
dancer
girl
decides
to
haunt
me
for
life,
just
because
I
decided
to
share
her
room," laughs
Sammir.