'Mausam ' was not imposed on Shahid, says dad Pankaj Kapur

Veteran actor Pankaj Kapur, who makes his directorial debut with Mausam says it was Shahid who asked him to go behind the camera for the period love story and that he has not imposed the film on his son.

"It was Shahid who asked me to direct the film that is how the project started. When we started off to write the script we were in continuous discussion and we shared it with each other. It is not like the script was imposed on him.. we had asked whether he likes the script or not and whether he wants to be the part of it or not," Pankaj told reporters.

The actor-turned-director admitted that it was a professional relation between him and his son Shahid during the process of making the film.

"It was professional relation from day one. So afterwards when he said he liked the script then it was the matter of he being the actor and I being the director. I must say that he did submit to me as an actor to large extent. When he started working with me he said he is ready to mould himself the way I want it for the film. This speaks hugely of him as an actor," Pankaj said.

About the film, he said, "The film spreads across ten years. It is not a story of rebirth. It is a story of two people and their journey. It shows how some socio-political incidents makes them to move to different cities. They keep meeting each other in different situations and eventually reunite."

Mausam stars Shahid and Sonam Kapoor in lead roles.