After politics, father-son to share screen space

VADODARA: BJP MLA from Vaghodia, Madhu Shrivastav, and his son Deepak share a love not only for politics but also for the silver screen.
Deepak entered politics in 2010. He was elected to the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) as a Janta Dal-United (JD-U) candidate after being denied a ticket by the BJP. In 2015, Deepak contested as a BJP candidate and won again.Now like his father, he is set to appear in a Gujarati movie.
Incidentally, Madhu Shrivastav’s name had cropped up in connection with the Best Bakery massacre case of 2002. He was accused of putting pressure on the main witness Zahira Sheikh who had lost several members of her family in the killings.
Popularly known as Madhubhai, the MLA is known for his flamboyant dress style, handlebar moustache, sunglasses and hats.
He entered the film industry about five years back and did cameos and guest appearances in five movies, including ‘Latko Laakh No, Chhanko Chhappan No’ in which he shared screen space with Hitu Kanodiya, Naresh Kanodiya and Mona Thiba.
He then played a character role in the movie ‘Thakur Na Kaul, Jag Ma Anmol’ that was released in 2014.
“I like acting,” Madhubhai said. “For me movies are a hobby.” Now, the MLA is slated to play a police officer in his next movie, ‘Lion of Gujarat’. And giving him company in fighting the baddies will be his son, Deepak.
“I have a double role in the movie. The other role is that of an MLA,” Madhubhai said. He said Deepak’s debut in movies was quite accidental. “He has a good physique. We were looking for someone to play a young police officer and that is when deepak’s name came up,” the MLA said.
Deepak said he liked doing the role. “But my priority will always be politics,” he said.
The son makes an appearance in the movie only towards the climax. Madhu Shrivastav, a police inspector, is going off to fight villains. His senior suggests that he take a young officer with him. And that’s when Deepak shares screen space with his father as the young officer.