Rajkummar Rao to bare all for Hansal Mehta's 'Omerta'

Monday 03rd April 2017 12:47 EDT
 
 

Rajkummar Rao has bared it all for his upcoming collaboration with Hansal Mehta, 'Omerta'. The movie is based on British terrorist of Pakistani origin Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, known for kidnapping and murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. No stranger to onscreen partial nudity, Rao had bared his butt for an emotionally overwrought sequence in Mehta's National Award-winning 2013 film 'Shahid'.

A source close to the development gave some insight into the scene, saying, "It's an integral sequence involving frontal nudity where Rajkummar's character is shown having sex with a prostitute a day before he leaves for a terrorist mission. It took the makers a month to find an actress who would agree to be a part of said sequence before finally canning it in Delhi last year." A methodical actor, Rao is known to adapt to his characters. "I like to push my limits and as an actor if I am convinced about a scene, I can do it. The butt scene in 'Shahid' was part of an emotional sequence. However, this one is more wild. I had discussed it with Hansal sir before we shot for it," Rajkummar said.


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