Panini Pandit, who is the son of late actor Raajkumar, is an avid filmmaker. Says Panini, “My first commercial short film project produced by my banner Pa Pa Pictures, is going on the floors this August. The film is short in Rajasthan and Mumbai and is titled Ishq Ka Rock. The plot is a love story set in the world of India’s biggest rockstar. It is all about the trials and celebrations that love brings and how it affects people.” The film stars Gautam Sharma and Natasha Singh.Panini, who has done a film course from New York Film Academy, has made 19 short films, the most recent one being Naked and Silent (produced by Neyork Film Academy, written and directed by him). The film is a tale of friendship and ambition. The thriller stars Gautam Sharma, who is known for his film Bhindi Baazaar Inc. and Gautam Kapur, nephew of Vinod Khanna. The main motive of his films is to make the youth feel empowered enough to be able to bring a change in society, says Panini. “If I can convince my audience to believe that even they can be Dhirubhai Ambani or Amitabh Bachman I have succeeded and would be satisfied at the end of my life and film making journey,” he says. “After my father passed away, I had no idea about how the Hindi film industry business works. I started managing my family estate, we have in the north, the south and outside of Mumbai. It was only later that I realized that I was meant to make films. I celebrated clearing decades old litigations on my land with multiple parties with my family.”
