Aurangzeb not similar to Dabangg, Rowdy Rathore: Prithviraj

Mumbai: Southern actor Prithviraj, who plays a policeman in “Aurangzeb,” says the movie is different from commercial cop films like Dabangg and Rowdy Rathore. “It’s really not that kind of a film in the first place, it’s not a ‘Dabangg’ or ‘Rowdy Rathore’. It’s a very real film and the story exists in a very real space. So, the effort on the character has also been to try and make him as real as possible,” the 30-year-old said here in an interview. [caption id=“attachment_719478” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Courtesy: YRF[/caption] “My endeavour has been to try and make people believe that this is someone who exists in the world that they belong to. Nowhere in the film will you see a film or cinema cop that these commercial flicks are used to portraying,” he added. Prithviraj said the main challenge for him was to convince the audience that his character is a true north Indian, Hindi speaking policeman. “Playing a cop was not a challenge because this is my 15th or 16th cop film. The challenge for me personally was to convince whoever sees this film, that I am a north Indian policeman,” Prithviraj said. He put in a lot of hardwork polishing his Hindi diction for the Yash Raj Films’ project. “All the effort that I had to put in prior to the shoot was to get my Hindi diction right, and to speak Hindi like somebody who speaks Hindi on a daily basis. For that, I worked extensively with a wonderful diction coach (named) Vikas Kumar,” said the actor, whose last Hindi project was “Aiyyaa”. Directed by Atul Sabharwal, “Aurangzeb” stars Arjun Kapoor in a double role besides actors like Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh, Swara Bhaskar and Sasha Agha. It is slated to release May 17. IANS