Jai Mehta is what you would call chip off the old block. National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta's son is following the footsteps of his father.

Aspiring to be a film director himself, Jai has been assisting Hansal on his recent projects. Currently Jai is in UP making sure that his father's new film 'Aligarh' is all smooth sailing.

The young man has been associated with the Manoj Bajpayee-Rajkummar Rao starrer right from its inception and has been involved in every stage of its making, right from recce to production. Earlier Jai has assisted Hansal on both 'Shahid' and 'Citylights'.

"What more can a father want than to see his son so passionately immersed in the same craft?" says a beaming Hansal.