Ma u
Rishi
Chadha
takes
o
the
ole
of
Ge e al
Pe vez
Musha af
i
‘Ope atio
Safed
Saga ’.
Musha af
would
late
ise
to
become
Pakista ‘s
P eside t.
His
cha acte
is
po t ayed
as
the
ma
behi d
the
agg essio
that
spa ked
the
1999
Ka gil
Wa .
Acco di g
to
Chadha,
playi g
this
ole
has
b ought
him
a
mixed
bag
of
eactio s;
some
viewe s
love
it,
othe s
despise
it.
Ma u
Rishi
Chadha
o
the
mixed
eactio s
I
a
i te view
with,
Hi dusta
Times,
“Social
media
a d
my
message
box
is
filled
with
DMs.
Someo e
w ote
that
he
wa ts
to
slap
me
fo
the
act
a d
hug
me
fo
my
wo k.
I
was
like…
please
do ’t
slap
as
if
othe s
too
feel
the
same
it
will
be
too
much
(laughs).
I feel
that
the
hate
is
also
love
which
mea s
the
wo k
was
app eciated.”Chadha
admits
he
k ew
ight
f om
the
outset
that
this
was ‘t
a
ole
that
would
wi
him
a y
love.
“The e
is
o e
commo
message
I
am
getti g:
Ma u
bhai
jit i
af at
thi
(Musha af)
woh
double
ho
gaya
pa
aapse
pya
ho
gaya!
I
wa t
ki
woh
af at
bahi
ahe.”
Slippi g
i to
Musha af’s
cha acte
was ‘t
a
easy
task
eithe ,
a d
he
delibe ately
avoided
elyi g
too
much
o
eal
footage
of
the
ma .
“I
just
saw
1-2
videos
but
the
I
decided
ot
to,
othe wise
it
will
become
ca icatu ish.
I itially,
my
fi st
questio
was
how
do
I
look
like
him?
Also,
he o
ki
du iye
mei
villai
ba a
a d
that
too
a
eal
pe so
was
a
challe ge.
But,
my
di ecto
O i
Se
a d
c eato s
Abhijeet
Pa ma
a d
Kushal
S ivastava
we e
co fide t.”
Ma u
Rishi
Chadha’s
advice
f om
Nawazuddi
Siddiqui
Talki g
about
how
he
app oached
the
ole,
he
says,
“I
was
wo de i g
how
to
p epa e
a d
I
got
a
message
f om
Nawaz(uddi
Siddiqui,
acto )
that
let’s
meet
fo
lu ch.
I
asked
him
how
he
played
(Saadat
Hasa )
Ma to
i
the
film
a d
he
was
like
the e
was
o
efe e ce
of
him
except
his
photo
a d
wo k
so
c eated
a d
wo ked
o
his
huma
side
–
ight
o
w o g!
So,
I
decided
that
I
will
just
follow
my
di ecto
a d
c eato s’
visio .”While
the
team
focused
o
aili g
his
physical
appea a ce,
they
left
the
pe so a
e ti ely
up
to
him.
“Kahi
mimick
a
ho
jaye
–
yeh
da
bhi
akha
au
jimmeda i
bhi
akhi!
As
I dia ,
I ca
hate
him
but
as
acto
I ca ’t!
My
p ocess
was
that
afte
wea i g
u ifo m
I
will
become
t ue
to
it
a d
Pakista .
I
sta ted
believi g
that
I
am
Musha af
who
is
ve y
loyal
a d
ho est
to
his
cou t y,
his
ext eme
hat ed
(fo
I dia)
a d
his
(Kashmi )
missio .
My
e vous
e e gy
helped
me
focus.”
Ma u
Rishi
Chadha
stayed
i
cha acte
o
set
While
shooti g,
he
delibe ately
kept
his
dista ce
f om
co ve satio s
a d
social
i te actio s
i
o de
to
stay
i
cha acte .
“I
used
to
switch
off
whe
I
used
to
see
I dia
wadiya
a d
meet
amazi g
people.
Nasee (uddi
Shah)
bhai
always
used
to
talk
about
switchi g
o
a d
off
but
fo
the
fi st
time
i
my
ca ee
I
actually
lea t
this,”
he
says
a d
adds,
“People
k ow
me
fo
imp ovisi g
o
my
cha acte s
but
I
did
ot
do
it
at
all
i
this
p oject.”