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Mumbai:

Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh says it was filmmaker Meghna Gulzar’s religion in her that impressed her to take up the function of former prime minister Indira Gandhi within the upcoming biographical drama Sam Bahadur.

Headlined by Vicky Kaushal, the movie is predicated on the life and instances of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, one in all India’s biggest struggle heroes.

Fatima, greatest recognized for movies Dangal and Ludo, stated one must be a “director’s actor” to actually painting a persona so well-known.

“She has a huge personality and I wasn’t sure about taking up the movie but Meghna (Gulzar) was sure. She said ‘trust me’ and I was like, if a director like her is saying, ‘trust me’, then something must be right, and maybe I’m not seeing what she is seeing.

“I did it as a result of I really like her work. She made the journey simple for me. She knew what she wished, whether or not it was the graph of the efficiency or look. You need to be a director’s actor. That’s what I did,” the 31-year-old actor, who will probably be seen subsequent in Dhak Dhak, instructed PTI in an interview.

More than making an attempt to emulate Gandhi, Fatima stated her emphasis was on capturing the “soul” of the character.

“Meghna has a unique way of having her actors play a certain character, where the focus is on getting the soul and emotions right. It was not about being just like Indira Gandhi,” she stated.

As part of her analysis, the 31-year-old actor stated she went by a historical past lesson of her personal by studying books and watching previous footage of the previous prime minister.

“When you play characters like this, just to understand the journey of it, you read history, and you realise there are so many things that have happened in our country. It was a different world back then.” “Sam Bahadur” additionally stars Sanya Malhotra as Manekshaw’s spouse Silloo.

The film, set to be launched in theatres on December 1, is produced by RSVP Movies.