<p>Amaan and Ayaan, the sons of Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and former danseuse Subhalakshmi Barua Khan, were slated to make their big screen debut in a romantic action drama by J P Dutta of “Border” and “Refugee” fame, but the project was aborted due to financial problems.<br /><br />The brothers kept off their public performances for more than a year under instruction from Dutta, who wanted to reduce their public appearances till the film was released, but now they are back in action, performing in public again.<br /><br />“It (the Dutta film) was a bad and a sad experience. This is our first failure venture, and we had a very bitter experience,” Amaan, the elder sibling, told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />But as Ayaan puts it, both the brothers are keen to act in films despite what he terms as “the ugliest experience” for them. <br /><br />“We are open to film offers, because of the time and energy we have put in to prepare for the aborted project. We just won’t let it go waste,” he says.<br /><br />“But we are not for doing films as an alternative career, but more as a creative flirtation,” he says, as both brothers point to classical music greats featured in their book who have acted in films without compromising on their music.</p>
<p>Amaan and Ayaan, the sons of Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and former danseuse Subhalakshmi Barua Khan, were slated to make their big screen debut in a romantic action drama by J P Dutta of “Border” and “Refugee” fame, but the project was aborted due to financial problems.<br /><br />The brothers kept off their public performances for more than a year under instruction from Dutta, who wanted to reduce their public appearances till the film was released, but now they are back in action, performing in public again.<br /><br />“It (the Dutta film) was a bad and a sad experience. This is our first failure venture, and we had a very bitter experience,” Amaan, the elder sibling, told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />But as Ayaan puts it, both the brothers are keen to act in films despite what he terms as “the ugliest experience” for them. <br /><br />“We are open to film offers, because of the time and energy we have put in to prepare for the aborted project. We just won’t let it go waste,” he says.<br /><br />“But we are not for doing films as an alternative career, but more as a creative flirtation,” he says, as both brothers point to classical music greats featured in their book who have acted in films without compromising on their music.</p>
