adversities have the power to bring out the best and worst in us and in some cases they could reveal some hidden or longforgotten talents as well for example ashish chowdhry who was last seen on beyhadh 2 has rediscovered the director within him during the lockdown he helmed an ad film recently and also turned dop for it the latter a first for him and its special for one more reason the commercial marks the return of his wife samita bangargi after several years and the debut of his son agastya of course ashish too features in the commercial no surprises there however it took him a lot of selfconvincing to shoot the ad in his personal space the actor shares initially i was apprehensive as i didnt want the commercial to feature my home i have always been very protective about my personal space i agreed eventually because i realised that it would be an experience worth remembering we have all been hit by a deadly crisis but i wanted something positive to come out of it a happy memory for my kids to remember when they grow uphe adds there is a different excitement about trying something for the first time i think this is the first time that a scripted ad film has been shot at an artistes home featuring him and his family i try to push the envelope with whatever i take up i love taking up challengeshere take a lookashish says that he was not sure whether he would be able to convince his wife and son he shares sam isnt overambitious she just wanted to do one soloheroine film which she did following which she featured in some ads acting has been a hobby for her on the other hand my son has never been attracted to acting and is shy he enjoys his music gymnastics and sports so i wasnt too sure if they would agree to do the ad film however i am glad that both of them agreed sam was quite happy because it featured her family she is the best in the film agastya really surprised me as he was extremely confident in front of the camera he has got this cute little smile throughout the ad film i think he was amused by what we were doing without knowing how it will look eventually though he has never been fascinated by acting it looks like he has it in him talking about the challenge of presenting his wife and son well he says i had directed a lot of ad films when i was 22 a lot of people arent aware of it because i dont talk about it i dont want my directors to feel that i would start interfering in their work so i do have the experience of a director but not of a dop having said that when you are shooting on a mobile phone its all about proper framing fortunately