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‘I feel very comfortable working with Saif Ali Khan’ : Radhika Apte

Bollywood actor Radhika Apte, who will be seen sharing screen space with Saif Ali Khan for the third time in the upcoming film ‘Vikram Vedha’, said that she is very comfortable working with the actor, with whom she has previously worked in ‘Sacred Games’ and ‘Baazaar’.

‘Vikram Vedha’, which also stars Hrithik Roshan, is directed by Pushkar-Gayatri. Speaking about her collaboration and why she decided to do this film, the actor said, “I chose ‘Vikram Vedha’ because I really enjoyed the subject and I saw the original one, the south one. Also, of course, the directors are so wonderful and the cast that I wanted the opportunity to work with them. Working with Saif is great as it’s my third project with him.”

“I feel very comfortable working with him and I really like him as a person. He’s very funny and whenever I’ve met him, we had interesting conversations,” she added.

Apte then spoke about working with Hrithik Roshan.

“I met Hrithik for the first time and I had a scene with him and it was really lovely. I do like what the directors are trying to say in the film. I like their style; I like them as people and our collaboration was a really lovely experience,” she shared.

 The action-thriller is full of twists and turns, as a tough cop Vikram (Saif Ali Khan) sets out to track and chase a dreaded gangster Vedha (Hrithik Roshan). What unfolds is a cat-and-mouse chase, where Vedha – a master storyteller helps Vikram peel back layers through a series of stories leading to thought-provoking moral ambiguities.

 ‘Vikram Vedha’ is presented by Gulshan Kumar, ‘T-Series’ and ‘Reliance Entertainment’ in association with ‘Friday Filmworks’ and ‘Jio Studios’ and a ‘YNOT Studios Production’. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar and S Sashikanth and ‘Reliance Entertainment’.

Unseen photo of Saif Ali Khan from Baazaar

Unseen photo of Saif Ali Khan from Baazaar

Unseen photo of Saif Ali Khan from Baazaar

Unique offbeat character played by Saif Ali Khan

For many years in Bollywood, Saif Ali Khan was doing romantic films with his long hair and attractive look. The ’90s is famous for his comedies with Akshay Kumar.

The Nawab of the Bollywood industry is synonymous with success and to be honest, he is expected to have such a romantic role. For instance, he was to play the role of Raj in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.

However, the bold actor changed his career drastically by opting for off-beat scripts. Saif Ali Khan played some very interesting characters on screen and carved a niche for himself in the industry.

While people were liking him in his Bollywood hero look, Saif has also done some attractive characters in films.

Omkara to Sacred Games to Tanhaji: Saif Ali Khan is always on the edge of tomorrow

This is what his directors Navdeep Singh, Imtiaz Ali and Vikramaditya Motwane had to say about the Chhote Nawab and his curious choice of roles.

The least feted of the Bollywood Khans is the most interesting of them all. One day he is ‘Chhote Nawab’ and next he is Uday Bhan Rathod, Aurangzeb’s most trusted and brutal general, in Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.

Saif Ali Khan, now 49, keeps reinventing himself, while the other Khans increasingly stagnate, their stardom engulfing them and their craft.

And yet, Saif was the one who has had to least prove his credentials.

The last Nawab Begum of Bhopal was Saif Ali Khan’s grandmother, his grandfather and father, erstwhile Nawabs of Pataudi, both captained Team India in cricket. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, a celebrated actress, traces her lineage to Rabindranath Tagore through both her parents. He attended the last Viceroy of India Lord Louis Mountbatten’s old school, Lockers Park in Hertfordshire, and then went to the 600-year-old Winchester College in Hampshire where, among other things, he developed a taste for James Bond, Clint Eastwood and Alain Delon. Not exactly the breeding ground for someone whose most iconic role till now has been one of a desi Iago, aka Ishwar ‘Langda’ Tyagi, in Vishal Bhardwaj’s earthy recreation of Othello, Omkara (2006). And Saif’s opening dialogue was: “Bewakoof aur chutiya main dhage bhar ka pharak hota hai.”