Screenwriter Sudip Sharma has uncovered an obscure reality about his 2016 film, Udta Punjab. As the film finished five years, Sharma shared a few insights regarding projecting the part of Tommy Singh, which ultimately went to Shahid Kapoor.
Sudip said that the group was at first expecting to pitch entertainer Riz Ahmed in the film, after watching his presentation in Nightcrawler. He said that they never considered projecting a Bollywood entertainer for the job.
Addressing Film Companion, he said, “We likewise fiddled with the possibility of Riz Ahmed at one place of time. We never thought about a Bollywood entertainer for that job (Tommy Singh). We figured, for what reason don’t we go for a British-South Asian character? Since we truly needed that entire London thing in it. Also, Riz is an extraordinary entertainer. Also, I left Nightcrawler – he had a little-ish part in that film. He wasn’t that large a star, so we weren’t being that unreasonable and silly about it. I called Abhishek and saying, ‘Yaar, app, picture Dekho, he’s exceptional and he can truly accommodate Tommy’s part.’ Wishes can be ponies when you’re projecting.”
Udta Punjab director Abhishek Chaubey’s third film after Ishqiya and Dedh Ishqiya. It likewise featured Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh. The film was about the medication threat in Punjab and Shahid played a medication junkie rockstar.
Talking about the film’s topic, Shahid had said in 2016, “I didn’t know there was an issue like this (drug violation in Punjab). At the point when I read the content of Udta Punjab,” I was concerned for my sibling, my family, and the adolescent when all is said in done. I felt why a legit film that doesn’t shade it’s anything but been made. More often than not, as entertainers, we show individuals the wonderful side of life, however why disregard the main problems.”
Shahid will next be spotted in Jersey and Raj and DK’s impending Amazon web launch. He was most recently seen in 2019’s Kabir Singh.
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