Naga Chaitanya’s character Bala in Laal Singh Chaddha is inspired by his grandfather; Aamir Khan calls him ‘well brought up’. Watch

 

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Naga Chaitanya’s character Bala has a distinguished look due to a protruding lower jawline. The actor said once he wore the denture, he was completely into his character. Aamir Khan couldn’t praise his co-star any less. “I felt such comfort as a producer working with Chay. He’s a team player. As an actor, he’s so on the ball. He drowns himself in the shot completely.”

Director Advait Chandan revealed that unlike so many Hindi-speaking actors he’s worked with, Naga was more thorough with his dialogues despite Hindi not being his mother tongue. “We had to tell him even his character doesn’t know Hindi that well. So go easy on Hindi (laughs).”

Others from the crew called Naga Chaitanya a “thorough gentleman” who was a delight to work with. Aamir Khan shared that he called up Naga’s parents Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati to thank them for bringing up their son well.

Naga said he got so involved in the movie that the day his schedule ended, he felt emotional and didn’t want to move on.

Laal Singh Chaddha is the official Hindi adaptation of Hollywood film Forrest Gump. It also stars Kareena Kapoor and Mona Singh. The movie releases on August 11.