Nishikant Kamat: Ajay Devgn was the obvious choice for DRISHYAM

July 28, 2015
Nishikant Kamat: Ajay Devgn was the obvious choice for DRISHYAM

Ajay Devgn will be seen in Nishikant Kamath’s DRISHYAM, which releases this week. From the trailer it seems, it is a rather different film which emphasises on script and performances. The film is a Hindi remake of the 2013 Malayalam film DRISHYAM which starred Mohanlal in the lead.

AJAY DEVGN AND NISHIKANT KAMAT & OTHERS SNAPPED AT DRISHYAM
AJAY DEVGN AND NISHIKANT KAMAT & OTHERS SNAPPED AT DRISHYAM’S PRESS CONFERENCE

Ask the director how he decided to cast Ajay and he says, “It was very simple actually. I wanted a hero who was in his mid-forties with two kids. So my list was already very short. And even in that I needed someone with intense eyes. So the obvious choice was Ajay. He has not played something like this in a very long time. He was doing mainly action films. Here was a character who doesn’t even slap anyone in the entire film. So he also liked the idea of playing a different character and came on board.”

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It’ll indeed be a refreshing change to see Ajay in a film which is not typically comedy or action – genres in which we have seen him so many times that we’ve lost count.

 

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