Photos: Ali Fazal turns director, thinks acting is easy

The 'Fukrey' star Ali Fazal is trying his hands on directing and while he recently shot for his first directorial, the actor felt obliged and thankful to the team for all the support.
For those who came in now, Ali Fazal is directing a short film apparently based on the lifetime of the legendary personality Guru Dutt and the cast and crew is currently busy with the shooting.
Ali took to his instagram account and shared a few glimpses of him working for the project as the director. He wrote, "Because i can! My AD Nakul got some shots of me Directing my first! Its a hard job. Think actors have it too easy. Hehe. Sending all my love to my lovely team on this short we worked on. And specially @aseematographer (Aseem Bajaj ) for helping and guiding me along the way. You are my guru and this lesson has a long journey toh abhi bohot seekhna baaki hai mere liye. Tab tak aapki dee hui kitasbein padh raha hoon. Thank you #arjunkandhari for the lovely lovely location you gave us..! Your building is the cherry on carter road.! Souraj durgesh and Lalit have made this film with me (thank you @thelastbarman for introducing me to Souraj) i bave so many names to name. Will do that the right way in my credits!! Also very importsntly @isangeeta For coming into my life on this film to teach me ASL . ( sign language) . Thank god for it. Wr got lots to learn . Hehe (Kenneth for locations, Harsh for all the planning , Saajid my dirver for being a pillar through all of it. I made him act too. Hehe. Shashi on sound(3idiots), immi on costume (thank you @nylamasood ) , onkar on art (thanks @mriglamba ) all the light men, Sada for the Dog. Kunal gulati as my partner in producing this film. (@jaytomas on consulting on many occasions when i wud be freaking out) Mihir on drones Sachin (thank you @tigmanshu_d for saving my ass ) thanks for being the phantom and saving the day. Younus for again saving my ass through the shoot. The focus puller to every assistant.
Thank you @amandeep_khubbar and @kri_talent for helping coordinate this even when you didnt need to. Love you.
Make up team . God everyone in the AD team. So many names. Ok i sign out. If i have missed out its all there with me on film. Love u all."
In the post, Ali also shared that being a director is much tougher job than being an actor.