Future forward

Writer-director Aditya Sarpotdar believes in always living in the future

- Shruti Pandit

Aditya Sarpotdar is the fourth generation of the N D Sarpotdar who directed one of the successful films of the silent era—Chhatrapati Sambhaji starring Parshawnath Altekar.

The next generations Gajanan Sarpotdar and his son Ajay Sarpotdar made a mark in the Marathi film industry with popular subjects, but nobody really was adventurous to take on the world of different genre and language. They did many advertising films and Ajay makes them. And Aditya, Ajay’s son too stepped in the industry as an assistant to his father for advertisement films and continues to do so.

A born optimist, Aditya, however, believes in looking at the future and moving ahead in speed.

His latest film Thamma is an example. How does it feel to be the fourth generation active in the business of films? “Being the fourth generation in the business feels like a responsibility to take all of those collective dreams and collective aspirations ahead. You know, it is because in my family, honestly, among all brothers and all cousins I am the only one doing this,” admits Aditya Sarpotdar.