Ace filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, who teamed up with actor Varun Dhawan for his upcoming movie October says that Varun was not his first choice for the role.
Recently at a promotional event, Shoojit said, "We needed someone young and fresh, like 20 years old, so Varun Dhawan was not on my casting list at all. Also, I had not seen his films. But one day he was in office and I saw him, I was aware of his image, his commercial world image, but somewhere I felt he is not like that, he is different.”
The director also mentioned that it was very brave of Varun to perform in such an unconventional and unusual movie, “He has something different in his eyes. There is something very nice and vulnerable about him. He just doesn't only dance and jump, there is some sensibility in him too. He is perfect as ‘Dan’, the character. A good thing about Varun Dhawan, despite his success with films, for him to do this kind of film, an unusual and unconventional story, that is really brave”, said Shoojit.
Talking about actress Banita Sandhu who is roped opposite Varun, the filmmaker said, "I wanted to cast absolutely fresh for this film. So when I met Banita, I saw someone who was very intelligent, her eyes were really expressive, and she didn't have to do too much to express, she did very little and it expressed a lot and that I would call acting. I felt in my gut and instinct that she was right. There is maturity in her in terms of thinking, and I thought she is right for the role and when you will see the film, you will know. Just like in 'Piku', you can't think of anyone other than Deepika Padukone as Piku, it is the same with her."
Produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar under Rising Sun Films banner the film is slated to release on April 13.
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