Mumbai June 17 (IANS) It is a wonderful Eid for Ali Fazal. The young actor is currently shooting for Tigmanshu Dhulia s "Milan Talkies" in his hometown Lucknow.

And the timing couldn t have been better.
"It is Eid and my mother is thrilled to have me home. I ve been shooting here for some time now and I ll be here till July. So my family is very happy. In fact I was shooting on the day of Eid. But the team was kind enough to wrap up the shooting quickly so I could go home to my sewaiyaan and kabaabs " Ali could barely contain his joy as he s shooting with a Bollywood debutante from the South.
"She is Shraddha Sreenath. She recently did Vikram Vedha in Tamil with Madhavan. She is a fabulous actress. It s a joy to be working around someone so gifted " says Ali whose cup of joy runneth over as he is also shooting with one of his favourite actresses in another project.
"I can t believe I am shooting with Manisha Koirala. She plays my mother in the remake of the 2010 Telugu hit Prasthanam . I m her biggest fan. Every time we are shooting together I just keep staring at her. I wonder what she thinks of me! Sadly I am not paired with her in the film. But just shooting with her is a joy."
Ali s association with beautiful talented actresses of every generation goes back to the legendary Judi Dench with whom he had the singular honour of being paired in the 2017 British trans-cultural drama "Victoria & Abdul".
Ali is still in touch with his mythical British co-star. He sent her some mangoes this summer season and guess what the irrepressible Judi Dench replied?
"She thanked me saying I wish it was you in that box instead of the mangoes . I d love to meet with Judi again as soon as I can." Ali added.
(Subhash K. Jha can be contacted at jhasubh@gmail.com)

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