Recently, director, and now actor, Sudhir Mishra -- who made the critically acclaimed Hazaron Khwaishen Aisi and Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin -- finally got his revenge against telemarketers, who keep harassing him to take a loan or credit card.
He got a chance to vent his anger in Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film Traffic Signal -- his maiden appearance as an actor.
There is a sequence in the film in which temperamental don, played by Sudhir, gets a bashing from his bosses. At around the same time a few telemarketers call him. Irked by the calls, he tells them to meet him, and then beats them them up.
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"When I called up Sudhir for the role he laughed it off saying he could not act," Bhandarkar said. "But I wanted a certain look that Sudhir has. His intense-brooding eyes and the tall stature fit well for the character of Bhaijaan. So I persisted and he agreed. We have given him a plain white pathanis and kajal-in-the-eyes look."
Shot in the streets of Mumbai, the film boasts an interesting star cast: Konkana Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Neetu Chandra (who also starred in Priyadarshan's Garam Masala) and Kunal Khemu.
The film promo begins with loud honks, sari-clad eunuchs, persistent gajra-sellers, ever-busy dabbawallas, cranky taxi drivers, spaced out druggies to showcase life around a traffic signal. Sudhir is the don who rules their lives.
