We've heard of method actors coming into their characters' skins. Anil Kapoor is jumping into real-life cop Isaaq Bhagwan's clothes to play the character.
Kapoor met his real-life character Isaaq Bhagwan on Wednesday to make this unusual request. Anil asked Isaaq Bhagwan for his uniform. In step with an eyewitness, the cop who's deeply impressed by Anil's dedication to getting the part right, was bowled over by the novel request.
Says the eyewitness, "Isaaq initially laughed off Anil's request protesting that they weren't even the similar size and his uniform wouldn't fit the actor. But Anil insisted. You know the way he's. His enthusiasm soon got to Bhagwan Saab and he gave in to the very unusual request. Now the team is getting Isaaq Bhagwan's uniforms altered to fit Anil's physicality. That is easier said than tailored."
Not only the clothes, Anil was trailing the real-life cop for other details.
In fact we heard Anil has got 5-hour long video footage specially recorded on Isaaq Bhagwan for reference purposes.
Confirming these odes to method acting, director Sanjay Gupta informed, "Anil won't just be wearing Isaaq Bhagwan's real uniforms, he would also borrow his official cops' belt which after all he'll return after shooting. Anil's idea is to get into Isaaq's skin via his clothes…and hair. Anil is getting the similar haircut that Isaaq Bhagwan sported within the 1980s when he was a cop. Besides the garments and the hair, Anil also asked Isaaq an embarrassing question. Which was his favourite term of abuse? Isaaq told him about an oft-used Hindi abusive term that he mostly used. But Isaaq also told Anil he never abused criminals. He used abusive language only around his colleagues. He also told Anil that his one constant prayer was, 'Allah kisi beqasoor mere haathon se nahin mar jaye' (let not any innocent man die by my hands).We're incorporating all of this."
But it's Anil's insistence on wearing Isaaq Bhagwan's uniform that may be getting doggedly time-consuming. Apparently, getting the true cop's clothes to suit the reel is slightly an issue.
Says a source as regards to the project, "We suggested we'd tailor the exact same fabric and sew it just like the original uniform. But Anil would hear none of it. He's adamant about wearing Isaaq's clothes to feel like Isaaq."
