Mumbai, Nov. 20 :    Mumbai, Nov. 20:  Instead of stepping into his father's shoes, Ritesh Deshmukh, son of Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, has stepped into Bollywood. The 20-something Ritesh, who had trained as an architect, is playing the lead in Tujhe Meri Kasam. The movie also has newcomers Raja and Gene, the girl who appears in the Parker pen ad with Amitabh Bachchan. 'Ritesh wasn't too keen on a movie career,' says cinematographer Kabir Lal, who played talent scout. The chief minister's son caught Lal's eye when he used to drop in on the sets of Subhash Ghai's Yaadein. 'I liked the boy for his good looks. But he took a lot of convincing,' Lal said. 'Ritesh took up the movie only because he liked the script so much,' Lal added. Bollywood, however, must have been on Ritesh's mind, as he had done a course in acting in an institute in California. He has worked in the US as an architect. Tujhe Meri Kasam, directed by Vijay Bhaskar, is a remake of a 'fun-and-family' kind of a Telugu hit. It is the story of a boy and a girl who are born on the same date. 'It is a very simple story, something like an old Rajashri Pictures sort of movie,' says Lal. Ritesh is tight-lipped about his career in Bollywood, but a close associate said a lot depends on the success of the movie. Ritesh is the second of Vilarao's sons. The eldest son, Amit, is in politics.