Saif Ali Khan is earning enough kudos with his diverse selection of roles and their range. The on-screen character is all set to play a Naga sadhu in his next, Navdeep Singh's Laal Kaptaan – earlier called Hunter. The film has reported its new release date, October 18, in another poster that additionally gives a superior take a gander at Saif's character.
With kohl-rimmed eyes, ash-smeared face and dreadlocks, Saif Ali Khan are all set to hit the cinema with his Naga sadhu look. Shockingly, all it helps you to remember is Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean series, down to the pendant on his turban.
Saif had acknowledged that there was a likeness before when he had said in a meeting, "I can't believe that I let the similarities with Jack Sparrow happen. Kiaan Raj [Karisma Kapoor's son] and my son [Ibrahim] saw the photographs way before they were leaked, and their first reaction was, 'Hey, that's Jack Sparrow!' The comparisons were made because of the jacket, the dreadlocks, and some other elements.
I was doing two hours of make-up every day. It was like going to war every day — we would shoot in the middle of nowhere [in Rajasthan], in the heat. I play a failed Naga sadhu who is obsessed with revenge. He kills a British soldier, and that's where he gets the jacket from."
The movie, directed by Navdeep Singh, is produced by Aanand L Rai and Eros International.
Saif was most recently seen in the second season of Netflix's Sacred Games that additionally featured Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Pankaj Tripathi. He will likewise star in Taanaji: The Unsung Hero, which co-stars Ajay Devgn and furthermore show up in Dil Bechara, nearby Sushant Singh Rajput.
In the meantime, Saif is right now in the UK going for his upcoming film Jawaani Jaaneman. The movie denotes the Bollywood debut of Pooja Bedi's daughter Alaia Furniturewalla.
