Muzaffar Ali wanted Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah for his ‘Jaanisaar’ role

Ali says his son Shaad prompted him to do the film. “My son told me that I should do the role. I told him that if you’ll be around, then I’ll do it and eventually I did it,” he said.

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He even quipped that he “committed a mistake” by agreeing to act in the film.

“If you look at my character, you’ll find that the character is extremely exciting. He is a person who has experienced 1857 and he has noticed how there was a corpse hanging on every tree. He realised that for this revolt, not just aggression, but consciousness was also required.

“He’s trying to keep alive the fire while also becoming an inspiration for the girl (Pernia Qureshi), and he is aware of all the secrets associated with this boy (Imran Abbas) which gets revealed in the end,” Ali said of his character.

The scenes featuring the director have been helmed by his son Shaad, who has earlier directed “Saathiya”. “Jaanisaar” is releasing on August 7.