STARCAST of movie ‘Sixteen’ arrives in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, July 3, 2013: Starcast of the upcoming movie ‘Sixteen’, arrived in Chandigarh Press Club here today.

The starcast featured our very own Mohali based actress Wamiqa Gabbi and famous VJ and Model Keith Sequeira. The movie is all set to be released on July 12. ‘Sixteen’ is directed by debutant Raj Purohit and produced by Vishwas Joshi and Shailesh R Singh. It also stars Izabelle Leite, Mahak Manwani along with Highphill Mathew.

Talking about the film, Wamiqa Gabbi said, “Sixteen is a story about lost innocence and teenage heartache in urban India. It talks about how growing has speeded up multifold and Sixteen, the age which was termed as age of innocence has lost its innocence somewhere in the new world of technology, tabloids and more than 300 television channels.”

Explaining a bit further VJ Keith Sequeira said, “I play a writer in the film who has come to Delhi to write a book. The film is also about the adults around these teenagers who make, unmake and remake their world in many ways…sometimes brutally, sometimes beautifully. Sixteen depicts an India where growing up has speeded up many times from days gone by. The movie is based upon young boys and girl of India.”

Wamiqa Gabbi has earlier worked in big banner Bollywood movies like ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ and ‘Mausam’. She played a significant role in ‘Bittoo Boss’ and appeared as lead actress in Punjabi Film ‘Tu Mera 22 Mai Tera 22’ opposite Honey Singh’.

Keith who started as a radio jockey is best remembered for the music video ‘Nahi Nahi Abhi Nahi’ where he featured with Ayesha Takia. On television, he started his career as a VJ with B4U and went on to host a lot of shows on Lifestyle and sports channels being a sport enthusiast. He was seen hosting Heavy Pettings on NDTV Good Times and Super Fight Leagues on ESPN Star Sports. He is all set to debut with film Sixteen directed by debutant Raj Purohit.