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Ayushmann Khurrana's name never came to mind: Sriram Raghavan
Updated On: 21 September, 2018 12:34 PM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
AndhaDhun director says Ayushmann Khurrana's enthusiasm for role won him over, even though he was an unlikely cast
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Sriram Raghavan and Ayushmann Khurrana
Roping in Ayushmann Khurrana to play the role of a blind pianist in AndhaDhun may have seemed as unusual to director Sriram Raghavan as is did to cinephiles when news of this casting hit headlines.
Raghavan tells mid-day that Khurrana was "quite opposite" to the image he held of his leading man. "I was thinking of various names and faces, but his name never came to my mind until he said he wanted to audition for the part. I asked him if he could play the piano, to which he said that while he knew [how to play] the guitar, he would learn the piano for the film. That enthusiasm, coupled with the fact that he is a musician, and so, in sync with the character, was an advantage."
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