After casting Sachin Khedekar as late crime reporter J Dey and modeling Milind Soman’s character on MNS chief Raj Thackeray, it’s learnt that the film also has another interesting character based on the controversial spiritual leader Asaram Bapu.
The role will be played by Paresh Daru, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the religious guru. Interestingly, Paresh is an art director who belongs to Gujarati cinema and director Jaypraad signed him since he was apt to play the role.
Jaypraad informs, “NAGRIK is a socio-political drama projecting the cross-section of the society. Our society is mix of good and bad people. NAGRIK, in that sense, is a mirror of socio-political events happening in the society. There are certain elements in our society and they are the representative of polarization. The character which resembles Asaram Bapu has also organically emerged. We have not targeted anybody in particular. It talks about today’s god-man.”
