The
demand
for
Darsheel
Safary
to
do
films
grows
by
the
Friday.
Fortunately
or
unfortunately,
Darsheel
is
being
very
picky.
So
now,
directors
who
wanted
Darsheel
have
now
started
looking
at
other
potential
actors,
some
of
them
from
Taare
Zameen
Par.
Tanay
Cheda
who
played
Darsheel's
best
friend
in
Taare
Zameen
Par
(the
boy
Rajan
on
the
crutches)
is
from
Raell
Padamsee's
theatre
group.
He
plays
the
younger
lead
with
Ruslaan
Mumtaz
in
the
new
comedy
Mastang
Mama
directed
by
ad-maker
Vikram
Singh.
The
team
was
keen
on
Darsheel.
"But
he
seems
out
of
bounds.
So
we
thought
why
not
the
guy
who
played
Darsheel's
class
mate
and
buddy?
We
feel
Tanay
is
as
good
as
Darsheel," says
Ruslaan
who
intends
to
bond
big-time
with
his
young
co-star
before
shooting
begins
on
April
30.
"And
I've
all
the
time
in
the
world
to
bond
with
Tanay,
since
a
ripped
ligament
in
my
leg
has
me
stationary
for
a
month",
says
Ruslaan.
"Ironically,
Tanay
was
on
crutches
in
Taare
Zameen
Par
while
I'm
on
crutches
right
now.
Even
more
ironically,
we're
supposed
to
do
a
lot
of
running
together
in
Mastang
Mama," laughs
Ruslaan.
Darsheel
in
the
meanwhile
makes
his
first
television
appearance
this
week
on
9
X's
Chak
De
Bachche,
his
first
appearance
post
-TZP.
The
producers
of
the
programme
say,
"Darsheel
hasn't
changed
at
all.
But
yes,
there's
a
change
around
him.
One
hopes
he
doesn't
lose
his
innocence."
Story first published: Friday, April 11, 2008, 17:10 [IST]