Adipurush: Saif Ali Khan plays Ravan justifying Sita’s kidnap and & war with Ram as revenge

Saif Ali Khan has always been honest about things he likes and dislikes, making him one of the rare stars in Bollywood. He will soon be seen in Adipurush which is helmed by Tanhaji director Om Raut. In the movie, he will portray  Lankesh and Prabhas plays Ram and Kriti Sanon plays Sita. In a recent interview, Saif spoke about the things that he’s planning to do with his role. He reveled that he will humanise the character to raise the entertainment quotient.

He said, “It’s interesting to play a demon king, less strictures in that. But we will make him humane, up the entertainment quotient, justify his abduction of Sita and the war with Ram as revenge for what was done to his sister Surpanakha by Lakshman, who cut off his nose.”

About working with director Om Raut again, Saif Ali Khan said, “I admire him as a director. We boost each other towards creating something exciting. I am also in talks with Ritesh (Sidhwani) and Farhan (Akhtar) for something exciting.”

H recalled his days as an actor in 90s, and added, “Those were also more complacent times, one would just do his job and leave. But now, cinema is changing, evolving technologically in the hands of directors like Om. These films challenge me as an actor.”

Saif Ali Khan also spoke of Bunty Aur Babli 2 as a film for theatres. He revealed, “I know we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, but this is a film for the theatres. It’s good, clean fun, perfect family entertainment. Personally, I was happy to reunite with the production house. After Shah Rukh (Khan) I have done the maximum films with them.”

He also spoke up that he was producing films instead of acting in them, and said, “I was producing films when I was not getting good offers. I am having too much fun as an actor now, but if something nice comes up, we’ll go down that road again.”