Getting lucky with Abhay and Manjot
Roshmilla Bhattacharya (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 26, 2014)

Six years after their National Award winning film, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Abhay Deol and Manjot Singh are coming together again for cinematographer Sethu Sriram's directorial debut, SNAFU. The thriller will flag off in the first week of July in Pune.

Sriram was the DOP of films like Tere Naam, Shakti: The Power, Wanted, Milenge Milenge and OMG: Oh My God! and has directed a Kannada film, Godfather. He has been working on the script of his Hindi directorial since the past six months and two months back had sent a draft of it to Abhay. The actor, known to be rather selective when it comes to picking projects was intrigued by Sriram's story of mind games and shifts in power.

"A fortnight later I got to meet Abhay. I have seen all his films. I spoke to him at length and clarified whatever doubts he had about the project. He had some valuable inputs, which I incorporated into the script. He has been kept in loop about each development," says Sriram.

When Sriram suggested Manjot's name for the parallel lead, Abhay didn't hesitate to give his approval. Manjot, who was seen in Fukrey and What the Fish!, will play Sunny Singh, a submissive slum dweller. Abhay is Kabir Taneja, a highflying corporate consultant in Mumbai brokering mega deals with the moneybags.

"We had a reading session with both the actors and their tuning is fantastic," says the director.