Sushant Singh Rajput went to all extremes to get himself into the character of his next film where he essays the role of Indian Captain Cool, MS Dhoni. This name is extremely popular in almost every household and so Sushant felt it was important to do good amount of homework before playing the character. Before starting shoot, the actor spent few weeks with three roommates of Dhoni’s, who are still ticket collectors at Kharagpur station, where Dhoni was posted before he entered and shook the cricket field! Sushant was not just sitting and interacting with them, the actor travelled with them in trains incognito, was with them during work hours, observing their body language, their style of talking, picking up nuances.
The actor also ditched the five star hotels and rather stayed with them at the railway quarters for all those days to get a deeper insight into their lifestyle and also played cricket on the same ground.Dhoni’s ex colleagues even shared several stories about Dhoni which helped Sushant gain further insight into the man he plays onscreen. In fact, these gents are still in touch with Sushant.
Sushant shares, “Apart from undergoing hard core preparation to play cricket like Dhoni, there was a different kind of effort that went into understanding his life before he became India’s Captain Cool! Three of his roommates have been of phenomenal help to me. They let me come in their work space in the trains, let me stay in the same railway quarter and also told me a lot of stories about Dhoni which helped me make my performance more nuanced. I was extremely fascinated :-)”