D-day for Mammootty's son

Superstar Mammootty's son, Dulquer Salmaan, is making his debut as the hero of Second Show, which is scheduled to hit cinemas on February 3.

Dulquer is a successful businessman but given his lineage, the creative process of filmmaking has always attracted him. He made a short film some time back and plans to take up film making seriously later. In the meantime he's concentrating on acting.

Dulquer found the passion of the Second Show team genuine.

"Most of them are professionals working in some other fields, but they were making a film as they wanted to make their dreams come true. I liked the script and loved the fact that my character in the story was quite unlike me. It was a challenge and I decided to do the movie," he said.

Second Show is being produced by AOPL and has been directed by debutant Srinath Rajendran. The cinematographer is Pappu and the music has been composed by Nikhil Rajan and Avial.

Gouthami Nair is the heroine and the cast consists mainly of fresh faces. Bollywood actor Sudesh Berry, Rohini, Baburaj and Kunjan are among the experienced faces in the cast.

Dulquer says "I don't consider myself to be a born actor and would like the directors to mould me into the shades of the character. I am impressed by the new experiments happening in Malayalam cinema right now and I can relate to such realistic portrayals rather than larger-than-life characters."

He is aware that viewers will expect much from him since he is the son of a legendary actor. "But I have decided to stop thinking about all that while I am facing the camera and to do my job," he says.

Currently, he is shooting for director Anwar Rasheed's Ustad Hotel.