Raveena Tandon’s new film Shobhna’s Seven Nights, about a rich bored columnist-author who gets into a relationship with a struggling actor moonlighting as a gigolo, is getting itself into a series of sticky situations because of the close resemblance that some characters bear to real-life figures from the Indian entertainment and publishing industry.
To begin with, Raveena Tandon’s character is partly inspired by Shobha De, a fact that the director verifies. He admits that the character has been “expanded into a colorful scandalous avatar” which may not go down well with Ms De.
Also, the character played by Rohit Roy of a dashing rakish glamour photographer is modeled on Atul Kasbekar. The director admits that Rohit’s character is indeed based on Kasbekar, “It’s true. When I wrote the character of a good-looking glamour-photographer who hobnobs with the sexiest models and actresses, I could think of only Atul. When I signed Rohit for the role, I saw an uncanny physical resemblance with Atul Kasbekar.”
When asked about his on-screen avatar, Atul Kasbekar appeared amused, “This is the first time I am hearing about it. I hope the reel portrayal is more interesting than the real.”
A third character played by Anupam Kher, playing a publisher named ‘Harry Davidar’ of ‘Walrus Books’ who gets into a serious controversy, also bears an unmistakable resemblance to real-life publisher David Davidar.
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