Jamie Lever set for acting debut with ‘Cuddles’

Veteran actor Johnny Lever’s daughter, Jamie Lever, is making her acting debut with Kabeer Khurana’s short film Cuddles. Starring Jamie Lever, Viveck Vaswani, Komal Chhabria and produced by Raakesh Desai, Cuddles will be streaming live on Disney Hotstar from December 3.

Cuddles is based on a short story by Larissa Theule (Kafka and the Doll). It is written and directed by Kabeer Khurana and co-written by Avirat Parekh. “Cuddles is a story about hope and we are confident that in such harrowing times, the project will connect with the audiences,” said writer-director Kabeer Khurana.

Kabeer is a 15-time international award-winning filmmaker, who has earned a Filmfare nomination for his last project titled Suttabaazi.

About Cuddles, Jamie said, “It was difficult for me as I have always done comedy and this is a very unique project, very subtle, very real, from the heart, different from all the other things I’ve done in the past. I was just excited to play a fresh and refreshing character. When it comes to comedy you can go over the top and be loud with your performance but when you have a subject like this, you have to really be subtle to bring out those deep emotions.”