Mumbai: Actor Sanjay Kapoor plays a prominent role in the film The Zoya Factor, starring niece Sonam Kapoor. With the film hitting the screens Friday, he is optimistic that it will have a good run at the box office. Sanjay Kapoor also said that as uncle and niece, he and Sonam Kapoor got a chance to spend quality time, and working with family member is always a good idea. In the film, Sanjay is playing the father of Zoya, played by Sonam.
“As an actor for me it is important to be part of a good story and The Zoya Factor is one such opportunity. Having said that, working with family members is always a good idea. Although we spend time when we have a family get-together, during the shooting of The Zoya Factor I got a chance to spend quality time with Sonam,” Sanjay Kapoor told this agency.
“We have seen her grow up before us and I think I spent the most quality time on the sets of this film, because every day we are shooting for 13 hours. I think somewhere that bonding added a little more warmth to the on-screen father-daughter relationship” added the brother of veteran actor Anil Kapoor.
The Zoya Factor is an adaptation of a book of the same name written by Anuja Chauhan.
The story of the film revolves around an advertising professional who ends up becoming a lucky charm for the Indian cricket team during the 2011 World Cup.
The film is directed by Abhishek Sharma, and stars Sonam Kapoor with Dulquer Salmaan.
IANS