E Niwas: My Name is Anthony Gonsalves

He is the filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the hard-hitting police drama Shool. He went on to direct films like Dum, Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega and Bardaasht, none of which worked as Shool did. And now director E Niwas is back with a slice of life film called My Name is Anthony Gonsalves.

The film revolves around a bartender who dreams of becoming an actor someday but ends up meeting a don (played by Pavan Malhotra). "Both are quite diametrically opposite characters by nature. So, as the story progresses, a conflict arises between them because of their choices. Both of them have to stand by their moral choices and what happens with them is the rest of the story," says Niwas."

The film introduces a new face called Nikhil Dwivedi in the role of Anthony Gonsalves. Actor Mithun Chakraborty will also be seen in an interesting role of a priest in a church. Niwas, who has turned producer with this film says the box office results of his previous films don't bother him.

"I really don't think that I would want to feel bad about it. It's a conscious effort on my part to make different genres of film. It was very easy for me after Shool to come up with same kind of intense films. That time people would say he is doing the same thing. So it's a conscious decision and it excites me," says Niwas.

The film releases early next year. And next up is Ritesh Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani starrer De Talli. Two more films are in the pipeline as well.