Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna refused to interact during Chhaava filming: ‘They didn’t even want to see each other’s faces’

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Considering that Akshaye typically takes on only a few movies, the interviewer asked how Laxman managed to convince him to join the project. The director quipped that all it took was a visit to the actor’s home in Alibaug. “He is a very nice person. Though he does only a few projects, whatever he does, he does wholeheartedly,” Laxman added.

Opening up about his experience working with Akshaye, Vicky said, “It took Aurangzeb nine years to find and get hold of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. So, a lot of the film shows his quest to find him. There are some moments together (between Vicky and Akshaye), but the film is about them thriving to (meet each other) and that will leave you waiting for that face-off to happen. The muted sliminess and cunningness that he has brought into the character of Aurangzeb has blended beautifully with the roar of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.”

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Revealing that the two actors never met each other before filming their intense face-off, Laxman said, “The day their scene together was to be shot was the day when they met each other for the first time and that too as characters.” Vicky added that they did not interact personally before the shoot. “When we were shooting that scene, we exchanged no good mornings or goodbyes or hellos. He was Aurangzeb and I was Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and we went straight into shooting the scene. There was no communication as Vicky Kaushal to Akshaye Khanna,” Vicky noted.

“Considering the way the scenes were, you can’t do them by sitting on chairs next to each other, sipping tea and then going for the shoot when ready. So, it didn’t happen organically either. I hope I get to chat with him after the movie’s release, but during the shoot, we never interacted with each other,” Vicky said. The director added that the two actors, in fact, refused to interact with each other. “Both of them were so immersed in their characters, they didn’t even want to see each other’s faces.” Chhaava will hit the screens on February 14.