He ventured into unchartered territory when he adapted his 1982 film Arth into a play, but now encouraged by the response, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is ready to take the same path, again with the theatrical adaptation of Daddy, a critically and commercially acclaimed film that he directed in 1989.

Mahesh Bhatt with his daughter Pooja and actor Imran Zahid, who will essay the role, actor Anupam Kher played in the film

“After the success of Arth’s dramatic version, I felt that Daddy, too, was a kind of movie that could be brilliantly adapted for stage. It has same raw human emotions and naked truths about life and hence, can have a similar kind of impact,” reasons Bhatt, who will look after the production aspect of the play.