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Romantic comedies are a family business, says Shona Urvashi, whose forthcoming film Saas Bahu Aur Sensex is an urban humour that revolves around the present-day modern middle class. “The film is a happy-go-lucky look at our middle class,” explains Urvashi, who immediately adds “it’s about people who have grown up with Doordarshan’s black and white serials but have now adapted to the saas bahu soaps, and how economy play such a vital role in their lives.” While this is Urvashi’s second directorial venture after Chupke Se that was released five years ago, she was also supposed to direct Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na but did not. “When talks began to direct the film with such a big production and a great young script, I was in two minds to take up the project since my daughter had just been born. And when Abbas (Tyrewala) decided to direct it, it was a right decision since a writer can do justice to its direction in a different manner,” she says.

With veterans such as Farooque Sheikh, Kirron Kher and Lilette Dubey teaming up for her second film and Hollywood Biggie Warner Bros distributing it, this young writer-director is all geared up for its September 12 release. “Senior actors are more fun to work with. There was so much positive energy on the sets as all of them would constantly crack jokes and laugh at their own comic timings,” laughs Urvashi, 31, whose film is a PL Entertainment production, founded by her maternal grandfather, which has produced films such as Khatta Meetha and Chashme Buddoor in the past. So it’s no wonder that Sheikh has returned to the big screen after a hiatus of almost a decade.