Aman ki asha / Hope for Peace
2013, 120 minutes
A Pakistani boy and an Indian girl ready to break border barriers for love
This time round, it will be the remake of a 2004 Spanish film Seres Queridos (Only Human), a comic love story of a Jewish girl and a Palestinian boy, albeit adapted to an Indo-Pak setting. Pandey’s remake will be a cross-border romance between an Indian girl named Asha and a Pakistani boy called Aman, to be played by Vickey Donor actress Yami Gautam and Pakistani actor Ali Zafar, respectively. The film, aptly titled Aman Ki Asha, will be written and produced by Pandey and directed by E Niwas. Both Pandey and Zafar confirmed their participation in the project but declined from elaborate comment until such time a formal announcement is made. Meanwhile, a source told Mirror, “Pandey feels strongly on the Indo-Pak issue. We’ve had earlier films showing a crossborder romance but his film will be a hilarious take on the issue.“ Apparently, Aman Ki Asha will be released simultaneously in India and Pakistan at a time when there is an ongoing campaign in the Pakistani film industry to ban 90 per cent of Indian films on their side of the border