Sunita Ahuja links Amitabh Bachchan to Yashvardhan’s debut
Sunita Ahuja said her son Yashvardhan Ahuja has amitabh bachchan's personality and Dharmendra's looks as he moves toward his Bollywood debut. The remarks add another layer of attention to a launch that has already taken more than 90 auditions to reach this point.
Sunita on the pregnancy photos
“Mere fav hero hain voh. Mera beta jab pet main tha toh maine do hi logon ka photo dekha tha, ek Dharam ji, Amit ji. Yashvardhan ka personality Amit ji jaise hogaya hai aur shakal Dharam ji jaisi, I am so happy (He is my favourite hero. When my son was still in my womb, there were only two people whose photos I used to look at — Dharam ji and Amit ji. Yashvardhan has developed a personality like Amit ji and looks like Dharam ji. I am so happy),” she said during a conversation on Mashable India's The Bombay Journey. That is the line carrying the whole story: the debut is no longer just a family milestone, it now comes with two of Hindi cinema's biggest names attached through her description.
More than 90 auditions
More than 90 auditions were part of Yashvardhan's path to the project, which makes the casting process look unusually long for a newcomer launch. Sunita also said he worked as an assistant director on Dishoom and Baaghi before this debut project, so the film arrives after a behind-the-camera apprenticeship rather than a straight leap into the spotlight.
The debut film is tentatively titled 100 and will headline Sajid Khan, with Nitanshi Goel also in the cast. The makers began shooting the film in Mumbai's Film City on Friday, January 23, which turns Sunita's comments into promotion timed to an active production rather than a distant announcement.
Dharmendra and Amit ji
Sunita said she saw photos of Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan during her pregnancy and linked that memory directly to the way she reads her son now. She also said, “We were told to watch Ramayana because the child listens while in the mother's womb. So my mother used to put Ramayana on TV whenever there was an eclipse. But today's kids won't listen to all of this.”
For Yashvardhan, the immediate effect is a louder launch profile before his first film reaches audiences. For the film, the family comparison gives a new talking point around a debut that already has a title, a director returning to direction, and a casting process long enough to suggest the makers were looking for a very specific fit.
