Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the character of Dashrath Manjhi in Manjhi - The Mountain Man.
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said he had to take various steps over a span of one and a half months to detach himself from the character he plays in director Ketan Mehta's
Manjhi - The Mountain Man.
"I had to apply a lot of practices on myself for one and a half months in my quest of trying to come out of myself. I set off to Jaisalmer and would vanish for 8 to 10 days. I went to places where people didn't know me, just to get a reality check, to feel like a normal person," Nawazuddin said at the trailer launch event of the movie.
The movie, based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi who worked tirelessly for 22 years to break open a mountain to build a road in Bihar, will release on August 21.
Manjhi - The Mountain Man stars Radhika Apte opposite Nawazuddin and has music by Sandesh Shandilya.