Gulshan Grover will be seen playing a double role for the first time in Baat Bann Gayi, directed by Shuja Ali. And one of the characters that he essays is gay. Gulshan says, “The characters – professor Lakshmi Niwas and choreographer Debu Daruwala – are as diverse as chalk and cheese. Usually in a double role, if one is good, then the other is bad. But here, if Prof Lakshmi is a nice man, Debu is nicer.” Gulshan says that he could depict the character of Debu with ease.
“I have a wide circle of gay friends as they are a part of my professional life. I have also worked in international cinema, so I have interacted with gay people there as well. Thus, doing this role was not all that difficult for me,” he says. The only challenge was when he had to play both characters the same day. “I had to not only change costumes quickly, but also mentally switchover. That was not easy.”
Besides Gulshan, the film also stars Ali Fazal, Anisa and Amrita Raichand.
Baat Bann Gayi, produced by Sayed Asif Jah, Vibhu Agarwal and Megha Agarwal, releases on October 11.