Ak for itself’
My dad (Sunny Deol) is my superhero, he’s my role model and I look up to him.” Karan Deol
such an illustrious Bollywood family, was it natural that he should pursue acting? “I’ve always wanted to be an actor, since the age of four or five. But I was a shy kinda kid, so I never took it seriously. At the age of 18 I decided it was time for me to break out of that fear and become an actor and that’s when I eventually told mom, dad and everyone in the house,” he reveals.
It’s no surprise that Karan’s favourite actor is his dad Sunny.
“He’s my superhero, he’s my role model and I look up to him. Among his films, I love Arjun, Ghayal, Ghatak, Betaab, Gaddar, Border, and Damini. There are too many favourites.”
A dream come true
Sahher Bambba, who makes her Bollywood debut alongside Karan in Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, came into the limelight after winning the Bombay Times Fresh Face (2017) pageant.
She says starring in her first Hindi film is a very “surreal” feeling. In a chat with City Times, she admits, “This is something that I always wanted to do. I decided that I wanted to get into this industry when I was four or five. I would watch the quintessential Hindi films and I was so much in love with the song and dance aspect. I was always one of those kids who would enjoy the attention dancing away to Hindi film songs in the living room when people or cousins or anyone would come home. in New Delhi
“So it was a dream come true and it was something very far-fetched. I didn’t think that I would get a chance to work with such a reputed family so early on in my life. My parents went to the theatre to watch Sunny Deol’s Betaab and my older cousins have been crushing on Bobby Deol ever since Barsaat released, so for me to be a part of the third generation – Karan’s debut – was a big deal.”
Challenging stunts
Though the trailer sees the couple bonding over adventure sports, Sahher agrees with Karan that filming these scenes was tough.
“The stunts in the film have been done by both Karan and myself - no doubles have been used. We shot in sub-zero conditions