When she read the script, Sonam says, she was astounded by its humanity and the theme of a young man striving to overcome his seemingly desperate destiny.
"I told Dad that he should do the film even if Danny Boyle were not going to direct it," she says. "The script was utterly compelling."
"I also told him that not only did he have a complex role in the film but he is also the only one who is in it from the beginning to the end," she adds. "Besides, there was a cautionary element. Dev Patel plays the idealistic young man but who knows what success can do his character. He could become someone like, Prem [Anil Kapoor], who too came up from the slums but became a very different person when he became a millionaire and a celebrity."
Sonam was not able to see the Slumdog Millionaire shoot because while it was being shot, she was near Jaipur shooting for Delhi-6. The first time she saw the film was when it had the UK premiere at the London film festival.
"I have seen the exceptional work dad has done in such films as Mashal and Lamhe," she muses, "but in Slumdog, he soars much more."
In the picture: A still from Delhi 6
Also See: Music Review: Delhi 6
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