Amit Sadh to play footballer in Mohit Jha's directorial debut

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Amit Sadh will play

the role of a footballer in Mohit Jha's directorial debut

which is based on a father and son relationship.

Jha, who has directed some of the popular daily soaps like

'Choti Bahu', 'Hitler Didi', 'Parvarrish', 'Kareena Kareena'

on small screen is all set to make his directorial debut in

Bollywood with his yet untitled project.

"I have been directing TV shows for 18 years or so. I want

to grow, excel and do something better professionally. I would

be directing a film. It is about a father-son relationship...

It is about a generation gap between a father and his son. It

is an emotional heart touching story," Jha told PTI.

The film will have football as a background, Jha said,

adding, "the film will have some football matches. It is not

based on real life footballer or any match or any incident...

It is all fictional."

Jha has roped in Sadh to play the lead role in the movie.

"The film will have Amit Sadh. He will be playing the

role of a footballer. He has played football, he knows the

game. We have Ronit Roy, playing Amit's father in the film.

The actors will be given training in football," Jha said.

The film, to be produced by Eros International, will

be shot in one schedule of 45 days starting from October this

year.

Amit who came from the world of television made his

acting debut in filmdom with 'Phoonk 2'. He is looking forward

to the release of Subhash Kapoor's 'Guddu Rangeela'.