On one hand, where choreographer turned director Farah Khan said that acting in Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi was quite a stressful experience for her, acclaimed director Tigmanshu Dhulia, who made his acting debut with Gangs Of Wasseypur, claimed that he did not find acting difficult at all.
Dhulia, who is presently working on Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster sequel, was quoted saying that though he had initially considered himself to be too shy to be an actor, he discovered that after interacting with so many actors throughout his career, he did not find acting a difficult task at all.
Tigmanshu was seen playing the role of power hungry politician Ramadhir Singh in Anurag Kashyap's gangland epics Gangs Of Wasseypur and Gangs Of Wasseypur II and his acting skills were appreciated by one and all. Tigmanshu will also direct Milan Talkies, which stars Imran Khan and is said to be a love story set in a rural set up.
Jimmy Sheirgill, who is back from shooting the sequel of Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, has shocked director Tigmanshu Dhulia by his drastic weight loss. He went in for the weight loss programme to look like a 21-year-old-villager in Tigmanshu's next film.
The change in his appearance is for a film, which is a satire based in Chambal Valley. However, Tigmanshu wants Jimmy to lose more weight to fit the bill.
Tigmanshu, who is the creative producer for this film, had been looking for someone to play an innocent-looking 21-year-old villager.
The director was recently quoted saying that after working with Jimmy in four films, he knows his potential as an actor.
Jimmy is currently in the process of losing extra weight by hiring a dietician and a personal trainer. The film, also starring Shriya Saran, will be filmed at locations where Tigmanshu's previous film Paan Singh Tomar was shot.
After giving a stellar performance as the power-hungry Ramadhir Singh in the two Gangs Of Wasseypur movies, it seems that director Tigmanshu Dhulia, who made his acting debut with the Anurag Kashyap gangland flick, has developed a taste for acting.
Sources claim that Dhulia will once again face the camera for director Hansal Mehta's upcoming flick Shahid, a film based on the life of activist lawyer Shahid Azmi, who was assasinated in his office at suburban Kurla a few years back.
A source was quoted saying that like Anurag Kashyap, Hansal Mehta too is a good friend of Dhulia and as such, the latter could not refuse when Mehta approached him for the role in the movie, Dhulia will be seen playing the role of a senior lawyer, who mentors Shahid, played by actor Rajkumar Yadav, who was last seen playing the role of the sly Shamshad in Gangs Of Wasseypur II.
After the success of Cocktail, Saif Ali Khan is trying a shift in image. He is going to be working with Tigmanshu Dhulia on an action film titled Bullet Raja, which will be set against the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh-based mafia and will deal with the underworld.
The film is set to go on floors in November this year and will be shot in and around Lucknow. This is the second time that Saif is going to play a rustic character after his 'Langda Tyagi' act in Omkara.
