Aditya Rawal spills the beans on how he prepped for his role in 'Faraaz'

Aditya Rawal in `Faraaz` (Pic courtesy: PR)

Actor Aditya Rawal is winning hearts for portraying the role of Nibras, the dreaded terrorist in Hansal Mehta's 'Faraaz'. The film depicts the gruesome attack on a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where several people were held hostage and many killed. Aditya underwent intense training for his role and had to learn gun firing, in addition to doing workshops and research for the part.

Interestingly, the initial training was done with wooden guns and shot with real guns for the movie.

Aditya opens up on his training and says, "I wanted to make sure I handled the gun as a character in my situation would. It was important to understand the power of the gun, even when it is not being fired. In real life, if you have a gun in a room where it wouldn't normally be - it is a frightening thing, a really big deal. We don't normally see that reflected on screen so our aim was to bring out that aspect too. The most important feature of our training, though, was gun safety. Sunil Rodrigues, the action director and his team were meticulous about that from the get go."

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The film narrates the story of Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, who had the option of fleeing to safety after the hostage-takers let him go but chose to stand by his two female friends. The essence of the film is in its simplicity. The film has a message of courage and brotherhood, it doesn't try to impose on us. Instead, the flow of the story moves along smoothly with a clever climax at the end.

Aditya Rawal completely humanizes the role in the film and his performance is unmissable. With a couple of unannounced projects in the pipeline, it will be very interesting to see what he does next.