Saif put himself in a vulnerable position for 'Laal Kaptaan': Navdeep Singh
Filmmaker Navdeep Singh says he feels lucky to have collaborated with actors who are willing to be vulnerable on screen, including Saif Ali Khan who took on an "out-there" character in his latest "Laal Kaptaan".
Described as a neo-Western, the film is set in the 18th century and features Saif as a Naga Sadhu with revenge on his mind.
"It wasn't difficult to get Saif on board. The first time he heard the narration and got to know it's a Western, he was super excited. He loves Western and said he always wanted to play something like this since he was 18. A man riding on a street, dragging a dead body behind kind of a thing.
"If you've watched Westerns as a kid, 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', naturally you'd find those guys cool and would want to be like Clint Eastwood," Navdeep told PTI.
The filmmaker says Saif took on the role, which might've thrown off many.
"My biggest struggle is putting up a viable project, in terms of the idea I like, with money a producer wants to spend and ...