Mulk: Rajat Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa swapped roles in Anubhav Sinha's upcoming courtroom drama

Mumbai: Actors Manoj Pahwa and Rajat Kapoor swapped one another’s roles for Anubhav Sinha’s courtroom drama _Mulk_ . [caption id=“attachment_4645041” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Rajat Kapoor (left) and Manoj Pahwa (right) swapped roles for Mulk. Facebook/@ShortDurationMoviesofficial[/caption] While Rajat was to initially essay Rishi Kapoor’s younger brother in the film, Manoj was to play a tough police officer. Sinha said in a statement: “I always wanted Manoj Pahwa and Rajat Kapoor in the primary cast for Mulk. While I had envisaged a different role for both of them in the film, it was only when they came in together on sets after the recce did I realise that they were both meant to play different roles. “They were both pretty quick in adapting to a new role.” The teaser of the film shows Rishi Kapoor playing a character called Murad Ali Mohammed, accused of treason. Actress Taapsee Pannu plays his defence lawyer Aarti Mohammed. [caption id=“attachment_4645111” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Tapsee Pannu in a still from the Mulk teaser. Youtube[/caption] The film is based on a series of true events and is slated to hit the screens on 3 August. Rishi is happy about working with Rajat and tweeted on 30 June,

Though we have worked in just two films, a lovely co actor and poker player,Rajat Kapoor. The only irritant about him is he is a teetotaler,unlike me,and doesn’t carry a mobile. An under used actor waiting to burst. Go man go! See you at “MULK” pic.twitter.com/RnzpGxxOBQ

— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) June 30, 2018

Presented by Kamal Mukut and Soham Rockstar Entertainment, a Benaras Media Works production, the film is produced by Sinha and Deepak Mukut. The film also features Prateik Babbar, Ashutosh Rana and Neena Gupta. (With inputs from Indo-Asian News Service)