Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani are visibly excited about their forthcoming film Ferrari Ki Sawaari. Directed by debutant director Rajesh Mapuskar, the movie is about a father, a son and the journey they emabark upon to achieve some dreams. This is also Joshi's first film as a solo lead in his 13-year-long career. It is a first of sorts for Irani too who plays a grandfather for the first time on the screen. Joshi and Irani get witty as they look back on and share their experience of working on the film as Rediff.com's Sonil Dedhia takes notes.

With the increase in petrol prices, did Ferrari Ki Sawaari (FKS) prove to be a costly affair?

Boman: You see, the Ferrari goes very fast so we would reach a place quickly and would use less petrol (laughs). Sorry, I guess that's a bad answer. Sharman: No, it's a good answer, Boman. Boman: Actually, Sharman did not do a lot of retakes with the Ferrari so we saved a lot of money.

So was that the first time you went on a spin in a Ferrari?

Sharman: I have not shared this with Boman, but this was the first time that I have driven a Ferrari. It was quite an experience. Initially I felt it was just a big noise people make about a Ferrari. When I stepped into it and drove near Mount Mary Church in Bandra in suburan Mumbai, it really surprised me.

Boman: My relations with Ferrari go back a couple of years. I have never driven one but I sat in one of them. It was Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 car which was in a showroom in Milan, Italy. They had a promotion offer going where if you buy something from the store they allowed you to take a picture with it. My son told me to sit inside and once I sat I couldn't come out of it!

Image: Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani
Photographs: Reuters/Tim Chong