says abhay deol explaining how he and girlfriend preeti desai managed to sail through his first production without any hiccups he has always been the different deol and worked outside the system despite coming from a film family he did follow tauji dharmendra and cousins sunny and bobby into bollywood 15 years ago which ran true to type but fearing he wouldnt be able to pull off the role of a typical hero abhay started writing a typical film scenarios in the hope that some producer would take a chanceread we need more sunny leones in the industry abhay deol many of the ideas never materialised into film scripts but he continued to jot them down and some time ago invited filmamker devika bhagat home to narrate one of his ideas she liked mine but then narrated one of her ideas which i liked even better abhay reminisces that idea has translated into his first production one by two its a quirky feel good film about two young people from the newage urban indian middleclass who influence each others lives without being aware of each others existence its not a shanghai or chakravyuh but maybe its in the same space of a socha na tha and a zindagi na milegi dobara its about real people explains abhay the film costars preeti desai his longtime girlfriend and you wonder if they brought any baggage backhome while working together no we planned ahead preeti stayed at her place while i stayed at mine and all was well he laughs abhay admits that in preeti he has found a strong emotional support shes the stablising factor in my life who keeps me from feeling isolated he says so given that hes found his anchor whats stopping him from making the relationship official abhay admits that his mother would be thrilled if he decided to get married tomorrow and so would the aunts but ive always said that signing a piece of paper is no guarantee for love and loyalty in a relationship if i were pressurised to tie the knot i would probably run or cheat to get away ive found a person i feel happy and secure with its as simple as that why should i complicate it he says talking about cheating many stars turned producers have been duped by frauds abhays first production basra was shelved and the deols are not known to be shrewd businessmen no the road to production hasnt been smooth but you cant give up he says my strength is finding a subject a director and a financier im not good at striking deals during basra i was alone but one by two is a team effort fortunately my partner sanjay is brilliant at execution my family has so much goodwill and respect in the industry that im hoping this will keep the frauds at bay does he foresee coproducing a film with his cousins in future why not says abhay he points out that as