Atul Kasbekar. Age?Thirty-two. And he makes no bones about it either. "So what of it?" he asks, instead. Status?Very much married. As well as madly in love with his wife. And has gone on record saying it in print, too, calling his wife the most important, special, and so on and so forth. person in his life. So why is he in print again?He has taken the jump from still photography to making ad-films. Not so, he hastens to clarify. "I'm doing just three ad films. And no way am I making any `jump'. Why? Still photography is very much my forte." Must add here that with his looks he could well be one of the models he spends so much time shooting.But let's talk about the ad film anyway."How in the world do people find out about these things so fast? The first film isn't even released yet!" Well, the buzz is that the first ad film is a commercial for Vinayaka Suitings.And word is out that he roped in a certain top-notch ad-man for the script."Yup. Vivek Kamath of Trikaya Grey. He and I sat together and did the script. It was more like giving form to the pictures I'd created in my head. Actually, for the first film, I wanted that there should be no cut-and-dried script which I have to follow, or any particular procedure to it."Wow! That much attitude from a person just making an entry in the ad film business. Does he mean that he always wants things his way?"I'm not averse to sticking to a formally written script or anything. It was just that I wanted to do the first one my way."So, when exactly was he approached for this film, anyway?"Actually, I wasn't approached for it. Everything just sort of fell into place. There were too many complications for that particular shoot. And I got to meet the owners, who just happened to be my juniors from school. So we got chatting, and then when I was asked to do the film, I thought `Well, why not?' And that's how it happened."Superfluke?"Yes, I guess." And of course pulling a little rank juniors from the same school!Next step: Feature films?"It would be the logical progression, yes. But I'm not ready for anything like it for the next four or five years yet," he says, very firmly.Why?"Actually, this whole business of Hindi films appears to be quite a scary, messy scene. And I'm really apprehensive about it. Let's see, though." That sounds like he's hooked to the moving picture, deep, dark fears apart.Let's move on to other things. Strong, powerful rumours are suggesting that from wife and work, in that order, his focus has shifted to daughter and daughter."Where on earth did you read this? Or hear it. It's really so funny." All accompanied with a puzzled look and lots of laughter. Well, just about everywhere. But the funny part is."I have a 10-month-old daughter, accompanied by a son the same age. They're twins. My existence is now more tri-focused, so I get to concentrate on my whole family," he says, in a proud-papa way.But what about the fact that he's always full of `My daughter, my daughter'? What is it with men - first it's my wife, my wife. And then one child later, the mother of the child is forgotten."Whoever said this, they are lying in the first place. I mean talk about early discrimination! This is funny."Wonder then, what gave rise to all these wild and vague rumours?"Yeah, I wonder too."So then, at the end of it all, what could be the thing he's most likely to say?"Yeah, I can do that."And least likely to say?"No way. That's impossible."
