I do what the script calls for: Ayushmann Khurrana

Mumbai: Ayushmann Khurrana mentioned he had no hesitation in enjoying a Pakistan agent in his upcoming spy comedy, ‘Udta Teer’, the place he surrendered himself to the script and the director.

The movie, directed by debutante director Akash A Kaushik, revolves round a Pakistani spy named Bilal Ahmad (Khurrana), who enters India and suffers from reminiscence loss after an accident and mistakenly believes he’s an Indian spy.

“It was a part of the script (referring to the ‘Pakistan zindabad’ dialogue). As an actor, you might be able to do something. It is a spy comedy. It’s a patriotic comedy; it’s a style bender. I do what the script calls for; I’m a director’s child. It’s a improbable script,” Khurrana instructed reporters on the trailer launch of ‘Udta Teer’.

The actor credited the director for growing a singular story like ‘Udta Teer’, which he described as India’s first patriotic comedy movie. “You have to have watched spy movies they usually have their very own take. However we haven’t seen a movie like this (‘Udta Teer’) and this story is Akash’s brainchild,” he mentioned.

Khurrana, identified for movies like ‘Thamma’, ‘Article 15’, ‘Andhadhun’, ‘Vicky Donor’ and others, mentioned he has at all times been a ‘risk-taker’ and has usually experimented with completely different genres and topics. “It’s essentially the most tough character as a result of issues had been taking place round him. I needed to have that straight face; although there have been moments once I felt like laughing, I couldn’t. I needed to be regular whereas there was chaos taking place round me,” he added.

The film boasts of an ensemble forged together with Sara Ali Khan, Rahul Bose, Ram Kapoor, Suhail Nayyar, Gulshan Grover, Raghubir Yadav, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Smita Tambe and the late Mukul Dev.

Khurrana paid tribute to Dev, whom he believes was ‘underutilised’ by the movie business. “He was one of many brightest and most good skills in our nation. A movie titled ‘Omerta’ had come out a number of years in the past and it was his brainchild; he had written that. I feel he has been underutilised. And you will note him for the final time (in ‘Udta Teer’). This is sort of a swansong and a tribute to Mukul Dev.”