Filmmakers bitten by the acting bug

Looks like itrsquos not just the actors and the actresses but even directors these days are looking for meatier roles for themselves on screen While blinkandmiss cameos by auteurs like Alfred Hitchcock Psycho Shekhar Kapur Bandit Queen Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings and Subhash Ghai Pardes are quite popular some of our recent filmmakers seem to want a bigger share of the acting pieu00a0 Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra recently did it in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag And so did Prabhudheva in his Ramaiya Vastavaiya Vikram Bhatt too is all set to make his acting debut in his upcoming film Here are a few directors who have shared screen space along with their cast Tigmanshu Dhulia Renowned for making films like Paan Singh Tomar and Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Tishu agreed to portray a rather intense character in Anurag Kashyaprsquos Gangs of Wasseypur followed by a minor role in Hansal Mehtarsquos Shahid Will he continue acting ldquoWell I can cook too but I wonrsquot dare call myself a chef now can Irdquo quips the writerdirector Anurag Basu After directing films like Life in a Metro and Gangster Basu went on to don a role in Onirrsquos I Am charging a nominal R 500 as his acting fees He later played a monkey capwearing man in Barfi who is ogling at Priyanka Choprarsquos legs prompting Ranbir Kapoor to lift his trousers Currently there is a buzz doing the rounds that hersquos most likely to act in his assistant Abhijeet Dasrsquos debut Bengali film Anurag Kashyap Being the poster boy of the ongoing New Wave in Hindi cinema his name is associated with a number of brave endeavours And true to his character he hasnrsquot shied away from background roles starting all the way from his first release Black Friday mdash in which fellow director Imtiaz Ali acted too mdash followed by Dev D Shagird That Girl in Yellow Boots and Trishna Karan Johar KJo is all set to make his fullfledged acting debut in Anurag Kashyaprsquos forthcoming Ranbir Kapoorstarrer Bombay Velvet Hersquos reportedly playing a villain in the film Farah Khan The choreographerdirector has appeared in several films including Om Shanti Om and Joker But last yearrsquos Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi marked her debut as an actress Actions Galore Farhan Akhtar So far Farhan has directed four feature films acted in five and produced 12 mdash thus providing a new meaning to the word lsquomultifacetedrsquo in the industry Rohit Shetty He likes to be in the driverrsquos seat Quite literally With a visible brawny physique to boot Rohit not only drove the red car in a song featuring Kareena Kapoor in Golmaal 3 but also took charge of a bus in Bol Bachchan Needless to speculate he may have done more than just direction for his upcoming Chennai Express Remo DrsquoSouza The choreographerturned filmmaker has helmed two Hindi films till date FALTU and ABCD Any Body Can Dance and he made it a point to make special appearances in both of them Actors first Ashutosh Gowariker The brain behind the Oscarnominated Lagaan started his filmi career as an actor before effectively dabbling in direction Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey was his last directorial venture Abhishek Kapoor Director of Kai Po Che he began his career as an actor with Aashique Mastane 1995 before going on to star opposite Twinkle Khanna in Uff Yeh Mohabbat 1997 Abshishekrsquos second innings as a successful director happened with Rock On in 2008u00a0