Producer-director
Vipul
Amrutlal
Shah's
Waqt-
The
Race
Against
Time
starring
two
superstars
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Akshay
Kumar
completed
16
glorious
years
on
April
20
this
year,
but
the
family
drama
still
continues
to
hold
the
same
freshness,
emotions
and
strong
family
values
among
the
cinema
lovers
across
the
globe
even
today.
Besides
the
movie
scoring
supremely
well
in
all
aspects,
be
it
brilliant
story-telling
and
direction,
superlative
performances
(by
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Akshay
Kumar,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Shefali
Shah,
Rajpal
Yadav
and
Boman
Irani),
and
apt
music,
most
importantly,
it
was
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Akshay
Kumar's
on-screen,
father
and
son
jodi
after
the
success
of
'Aankhen'
that
set
the
box-office
cash
registers
ringing.
Besides
Akshay-Priyanka's
sizzling
chemistry,
the
movie's
songs
are
still
etched
in
the
memories
of
many,
especially
the
Holi
song
'Do
me
a
favour-
let's
play
holi'.
Talking
about
the
movie
completing
16
years,
Vipul
Shah
shared
an
interesting
anecdote,
"While
we
were
making
'Aankhen',
I
had
discussed
about
a
play
which
was
written
and
directed
by
Aatish
Kapadia,
with
Amit
sir
(Bachchan)
and
Akshay
(Kumar).
They
both
loved
the
story
and
we
decided
to
make
this
film.
When
I
informed
Amitji
and
Akshay
about
me
turning
producer
with
this
film,
both
of
them
were
willing
to
waive
off
their
fees
but
me
and
my
partner
(on
the
film)
Mr.
Manmohan
Shetty
did
not
agree
with
it
and
paid
them
their
remuneration
but
the
fact
that
such
big
superstars
stood
by
me
and
were
even
willing
to
waive
off
their
fees,
was
a
very
touching
and
heartwarming
gesture."
"Manmohan
Shetty
was
the
first
person
to
support
me
and
back
me
as
a
producer
and
that
was
another
wonderful
relationship
that
I
have
developed
with
him
which
is
as
warm
and
wonderful
even
today.
That's
how
we
how
started
work
on
Waqt-
The
Race
Against
Time
and
my
production
banner,
Sunshine
Pictures
Private
Limited
was
also
set
up.
It
will
always
be
a
very
special
film
for
me," added
the
filmmaker.
Vipul
Shah
is
currently
working
on
two
ambitious
and
contrasting
projects
simultaneously-
a
medical
thriller
titled
Human
(web
show)
and
Sanak
(movie).
While
Human
is
an
emotional
drama
about
the
underbelly
of
the
human
drug
testing
and
the
world
of
medical
scam,
Sanak
is
an
intense,
emotional,
action
film.