India, Jan. 17 -- A pair of spectacles dangles at the end of the V-neck of the grey sweater and a blue muffler is casually thrown across Prakash Jha's shoulders. The ensemble is paired with dark trousers. He looks relaxed and at the same time proud as his daughter Disha is producing her first film Fraud Saiyaan . "She came with the script and said that she had set up this production company and wanted me to back it up. She told me to read the script. And when I did, I could not stop laughing," he says.

And he elaborates why by describing what the film is about. "The beauty of the film is that it is a heartland story. It is inspired by fraud characters that exist. It is about native intelligence and the jugaadu manner in which Bhola (play...