Ali Fazal challenged by double role

Ali Fazal – who recently made news for bagging a cameo in the Hollywood movie 'Fast and Furious 7' – is currently looking forward to the release of his next in Bollywood, Vibhu Agarwal’s 'Baat Bann Gayi', directed by Shuja Ali.
The actor plays a double role in the film – Kabir, a sophisticated novelist from Singapore, and Rasiya Bihari, a street smart guy from North India.“Both Kabir and Rasiya are in love with Rachna, the character played by Anisa. Kabir has to please her family in order to win her hand in marriage, while Bihari desires her too, but ends up being used by Gulshan Grover’s wife Sulochana, played by Amrita Raichand, to do household chores,” reveals the actor.
Ali admits that playing a double role in the film was a challenge, more so because he has never been exposed to rural life in reality. What helped, he says, is the fact that the characters are based on director Shuja Ali’s past experiences.
“While living in Lucknow, Shuja was exposed to both an elite crowd as well as rowdy taporis. I guess both these personalities are within him and that helped me translate them better on screen,” he adds.
'Baat Bann Gayi', produced by Sayed Asif Jah and Megha Agarwal, releases on October 11.