In future, won't act in films I direct: Tigmanshu Dhulia

Tigmanshu Dhulia may have impressed the audiences with his directing and acting chops, but the filmmaker says balancing both the jobs in the same film is akin to walking a tightrope.

The director, who played the father to the main lead (Ali Fazal) in his latest directorial "Milan Talkies", said he decided to take up the part as other actors were unavailable.

This was Dhulia's first full-fledged role in his directorial venture. He previously made a guest appearance in his 2011 film "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster".

"I never wanted to do this role. In the future I will never do acting and direction hand-in-hand as it's very tough. I wanted someone else to do this role. But the issue was of the dates and everyone was busy. When I was left with no choice, I decided to act in the film," the director told PTI in an interview.

Dhulia has acted in a number of films, most notably Anurag Kashyap's "Gangs of Wasseypur" series and Shah Rukh Khan's "Zero".

He believes "Milan Talkies" nicely deals with a father-son relationship.

"People will be inspired by my character and will wish to have such a father. Moreover, I have seen today's advertisements where the father is shown as a foolish guy who knows nothing about today's generation and the children are shown as smart.

"In this film, the father is a bigger loafer than his own son. His son is a cinema buff but the father is a bigger cinema buff. So they share a very strong bond."
"People are using the social networking sites to get into relationships. They don't even know how to establish communication with someone. So my film basically deals with how communication is important in one's life."