VIDEO: Saaho actor Chunky Panday narrates an incident when everyone on Kalank set failed to recognize him VIDEO: Saaho actor Chunky Panday narrates an incident when everyone on Kalank set failed to recognize him Chunky Panday is starring in several projects this year starting with Prabhas starrer Saaho, followed by Sanjay Dutt’s Prasthanam and Housefull 4. With Saaho, the actor is diving into the role of a villain. Recently, Chunky Panday spoke to Bollywood Hungama and talked about the time when he had transformed into his character Devraj, visited the sets of the Kalank and no one recognized him. "When I got this film, this was two years ago, then my film Begum Jaan had released. Director Sujeeth calls me and says, 'I've watched your film Begum Jaan. I want to cast you as the villain opposite Prabhas'. I said, 'With Baahubali?' I said, 'Are you sure?' He said, 'I'm very very sure that you will only do this role.' I said, 'What have you thought about me? How am I gonna look?' He said, 'I want you to look completely silver-grey.' Then, we went to the salon and I went bald for the role. He kept my hair very buzzed and nice, nicely trimmed beard. When the first poster came out, someone told me 'Gareebon ka George Clooney'. So, I was very excited,” he said. “During the conversation, I asked Sujeeth, 'Why did you think of me?' He said, 'Sir, this is a very complexed character. Complex means he is very complexed from the inside. He is a person who has died a hundred times from the inside. I need to show that in his eyes. I said, 'Are you sure I have that look?' He said, 'Yes! I am very sure you have that deadpan look and you can give that look.' For the first time in my life, I have tried to get into the skin of the character. Normally, whenever I am on the set, I am laughing and having fun with everyone. I am always joking and stuff. But, in this film, we did the entire shooting at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. Everyone spoke in Telugu. The only people who spoke English were the director and the cameraman. Every co-star of mine was from the South so I didn't have anyone to talk to. And I said, 'Let's become this character',” Chunky added. He further said, “Since Hyderabad wasn't close and I couldn't socialize, whenever I would go to Ramoji Filmcity, I used to become Devraj. I used to be short-tempered, irritable and I actually grew into that character. I really enjoyed doing Devraj. In fact, I got into this character so much that I went to the Kalank set in my entire costume as for the last schedule Kalank shooting was happening next to our set. And I swear, for 10 mins, nobody recognized me on the set. They just didn't know it was me. People were shocked to see me. You know when you manage to achieve that, it's a lot of fun.” Saaho, directed by Sujeeth, starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor is set to release on August 30, 2019. ALSO READ: Watch: Chunky Panday reveals the inspiration behind his Housefull character Aakhri Pasta! https://ift.tt/32lfH9N