Although he has said that any actor would have accepted the roles he was offered in '
Gumnaami
', how many of you know
Prosenjit Chatterjee initially had doubts about Portraying Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose on screen.
Recalling that he had to undergo a prosthetic makeup that used to take three to four hours to perfect the looks of Netaji and Gumnaami Baba, Prosenjit admits: "I had some initial doubts about essaying the character of Netaji since everyone knows how he actually looked like, but I was convinced by the director. He asked me to start all kinds of preparations for the role which included increasing my food intake and putting on weight," said the Tollywood superstar.
"For me, it was more challenging to become Netaji, as I don't have the same physical built or look like him," he added.
Directed by
Srijit Mukherji and produced by SVF, ‘Gumnaami’ is based on the famous Mukherjee Commission hearings where the three theories about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s alleged death were debated. It follows the myth surrounding Gumnaami Baba, an ascetic from Uttar Pradesh who was often rumoured to be Netaji in disguise. The thriller also sees
Anirban Bhattacharya playing a print journalist Chandrachur Dhar and Tnusree Chakraborty as his wife.