“In film line, a ‘gofor’ is a ‘go for this go for that’ person. Which means you won’t really get to do anything except run errands for me,” the 81-year-old director said.
Benegal was speaking at the National Institute of Industrial Engineering’s special event ‘Avartan’. The director was part of the celebrity talk show – Cita De La Prerana – which also included Piyush Mishra and Makrand Deshpande.
In the quest to achieve his dream of making a film, the “Welcome to Sajjanpur” director followed Dutt’s advice.
“He (Dutt) said, he had started of as a dance director and made his way to directing… So eventually I also thought the best possible way would be to join an advertising agency, as I had a certain amount of ability to write.,” Benegal said.
