The right direction

Director Harry Baweja isn8217;t exactly chewing his nails nervously, although his new film Deewane is just around the corner. quot;I8217;m anxious for reactions because I8217;ve worked hard, but I8217;m not cowering in fright,quot; he insists. Baweja says he is happy with the way Deewane has shaped up, and attributes this to the fact that he was able to achieve exactly what he set out to do. quot;I don8217;t like to give myself deadlines,quot; he says. quot;It is important to make a film exactly the way you planned it. And sometimes schedules can go wrong,quot; he adds.

The film-maker who on the one hand has both directed and produced Deewane himself, is also directing Prakash Mehra8217;s Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachao which features Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah. He refuses to accept that he is closer to Deewane because he has produced that film himself. quot;One has to be honest to one8217;s job. If you treat another film differently because your own money is not invested in it, then you8217;re bound to cheat both yourself and your producer,quot; he says.

Without an aplogogy, he admits that the films made in India are mostly author-backed for heroes. quot;Heroines are in them merely for the sake of being there,quot; he says. quot;Romance is always the sub-plot,quot; he adds, insisting that the main plot is always hero-related. But, Baweja makes it a point to mention hastily, quot;I don8217;t consider myself guilty of the same crime.quot; He feels he has been more than fair to his actresses in such films as Dilwale and Imtihaan, but agrees that they had little to do in action flicks like Trinetra and Diljale. quot;Deewane, however, is the heroine8217;s story. It8217;s the journey into a woman8217;s heart,quot; he explains.