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DNA (February 18, 2016)

On producer-director Sajid Nadiadwala’s birthday today, his team has put together a coffee table book. They wanted to do something special for their boss and the initial idea was to make a video with messages from all the people he has worked with along with his loved ones. But the producer’s wife Warda Nadiadwala suggested they do a book instead because they had done a video ten years ago on his birthday.

The coffee table book, titled Simply Grand(son) which has 500 pictures and 150 pages took 50 days to create just one copy. It has messages from all the actors and directors that Grandson (as he is fondly called) has worked with. The actors who have penned a special message for the birthday boy belong to three different generations — Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Tiger Shroff. Ditto for the actresses — Karisma Kapoor to Priyanka Chopra to Kriti Sanon. Directors like David Dhawan, Imtiaz Ali and Kabir Khan all feature in the book. Since Sajid is also the president of the Producers Guild, there are notes from producers as well.

An insider adds, “There is also an international actor (Sylvester Stallone?) and director. The book will be presented to Sajid today in his office. He couldn’t have asked for a better birthday gift!