Mukesh Chhabra - The Dhurandhar Casting Director

Every actor in the film Dhurandhar has grabbed the attention of the audience. The credit also goes to the casting director Mukesh Chhabra, who has been getting a lot of praise for selecting the perfect actors for the movie.

- Murtuza Iqbal

The Free Press Journal recently interacted with Mukesh Chhabra and spoke to him about the movie, Akshaye Khanna's casting, Ranveer Singh-Sara Arjun's age gap, and more.

Everyone is praising you for the casting of Dhurandhar. How does that feel?

God has given me a little bit more. I received a lot of love for Gangs Of Wasseypur, Kai Po Che, Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Secret Superstar, Shahid, Scam 1992, Scoop, PK, and Rockstar. But you can say that for this, I got a little more love. I am very happy about it.

The characters in the film are inspired by real-life people. On social media, netizens are saying that you have got lookalikes of those real people. So, how much time did you take for the casting?

I think it took about one and a half years. We had some references. I have a great team, and we all worked day and night for this film because the story was so good. When Aditya narrated the story, I got very excited to work on it. We went to Bangkok for local casting. We went to Delhi, Kashmir, and did casting from Mumbai as well. We went to so many places in India to cast actors.

Actress and politician, Smriti Irani, in her post wrote about your casting in Dhurandhar. How does that feel?

I am feeling very good. Smriti ma'am posted, and she also called me. She also sent me a very nice text. She said, 'I posted something, and I just wanted to personally call you and congratulate you'. She spoke to me for a good 20 minutes. She spoke about how good the film is, about the casting, and about how good my work is.