Shatrughan Sinha’s a proud father

Shatrughan Sinha doesn’t watch all of his daughter’s films. But he did see Noor and can’t stop raving about her performance.

“I speak not as a father but a co-artiste. She has proved that she can do things I never could. I can happily say Sonakshi Sinha has managed to make a very difficult part look easy. It’s not easy to play someone so sloppy and so full of herself,” admits Shatruji, confessing he watched his daughter’s performance nervously.

“As I watched her performance I though she would slip up and stumble. But Sonakshi kept the character going on an even graph, even when the character was making one mistake after another. I applaud Sonakshi’s performance because as an actor, I know how difficult her role is,” says the proud father.

Does he see a growth in her performance?  “Oh yes! To bring so much dignity into the role of such a clumsy character is not easy. I think this is Sonakshi’s best performance since Lootera. I had been bowled over by my daughter in Lootera.”

It was Salman who had predicted Sonakshi’s stardom.

Says Shatruji, “During Dabangg Salman had said Sonakshi will be such a big star that every girl in the audience would want to be like her. Now in Noor she plays such an aspirational character. She portrays the uncertainties of a young city girl trying to find her bearings with such sensitivity. Every working girl would identify with her.”