B-Town actors who turned director for just one film

Several stars are moving into production as if itrsquos a natural progression However for some inexplicable reason they have shied away from wielding the directorial baton Aamir Khan is the only actor from the top league to have helmed a successful film Interestingly enough Arshad Warsi recently admitted that hersquos keen on directing his muchdelayed film Not to discourage him but there have been some actors who tried their hand behind the camera but gave up after having only one film to their directorial credit Naseeruddin Shah Sole film Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota What If 2006 The acclaimed actor recently confessed that he tried directing a film because he wanted to see whether he has it in him to helm a project Nonetheless Naseer was also candid enough to admit that he ldquofailed miserablyrdquo in the experiment To his credit he has successfully directed a number of his theatre troupersquos productions Anupam Kher Sole filmu00a0Om Jai Jagadish 2002 Therersquos no doubt that hersquos one of the finest in the business but he doesnrsquot seem very keen on wearing the directorrsquos hat anytime soon According to the National Awardwinner directing a film requires a lot of time mdash something his tight schedule doesnrsquot allow him at least not in the near future Rishi Kapoor Sole filmu00a0Aa Ab Laut Chalen 1999 Arguably the busiest senior actor around Rishi directed just one film starring Akshaye Khanna and Aishwarya Rai in the lead role He too pointed to the fact that direction is ldquotoo much of hard workrdquo requiring a great deal of involvement and stress No wonder he hasnrsquot gone back to direction although itrsquos been almost 15 years Sunny Deol Sole filmu00a0Dillagi 1999 His first directorial venture happened just before the end of the last millennium and there is a strong buzz around that he might be reprising his role as a director with the sequel of Ghayal 1990 Letrsquos hold our comment and wait and watch Rahul Bose Sole filmu00a0Everybody Says Irsquom Fine 2001 This particular actor who is equally known for his social activism was last seen in Kamal Haasanrsquos ambitious Vishwaroopam Now thanks to Anurag Kashyaprsquos support the director in him hasnrsquot given up on his dream to adapt Mohsin Hamidrsquos Moth Smoke In fact he has spent six years on this particular script and has written 18 drafts so far Ajay Devgn Sole filmu00a0U Me Aur Hum 2008 After the debacle that his directorial debut turned out to be Ajay has chosen to maintain a rather dignified distance from directorrsquos chair Anyway he is far more comfortable producing commercial films such as Bol Bachchan and Son of Sardaar Pankaj Kapur Sole filmu00a0Mausam 2011 The celebrated actor not only directed his son Shahid and Sonam Kapoor in this boxoffice disaster but also penned the screenplay as well as dialogues for the film Renuka Shahane Sole filmu00a0Rita 2008 For the most part the Hum Aapke Hain Koun actress has shied away from television as well as films However after her marriage she entered her second innings as a filmmaker with a Marathi film Her next directorial venture is a Hindi film written by Girish Joshi and stars Paresh Rawal Annu Kapoor Sole filmu00a0Abhay 1995 So far the National Awardwinning actor has directed a film that earned him the Best Childrenrsquos Film award as well as the Best Director mdash V Shantaram Award Abhay starred Nana Patekar Moon Moon Sen and Benjamin Gilani Nandita Das Sole filmu00a0Firaaq 2008 Popular for her work in the nonmainstream cinema the actress directed the muchfeted film on the 2002 violence in Gujarat Since then she hasnrsquot directed a single feature and served as the chairperson of the Childrenrsquos Film Society She recently made her debut in theatre with Between The Lines Veterans did it too Vinod Mehra Sole filmu00a0Gurudev 1993 He turned producer and director with this film starring Sridevi Rishi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor Unfortunately he died of a heart attack in October 1990 before the completion of the project The film was later released in 1993 after director Raj Sippy completed it Jagdeep Sole filmu00a0Soorma Bhopali 1988 The very renowned comedian who previously played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay helmed a movie that borrowed its name from the legendary character The film was a box office disaster but did relatively better in the state of Madhya Pradesh In fact it was a hit in Bhopal and other surrounding regions