"I Won't Be Able To Match What SRK Did In Zero", Says Riteish Deshmukh

Actor Riteish Deshmukh will be seen next in an action-drama film titled Marjaavaan. The film has been produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar (T-Series) and Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani (Emmay Entertainment).

The star cast includes Sidharth Malhotra, Tara Sutaria and Rakul Preet Singh. The film will face a tough competition with Ayushmann Khurrana's Bala releasing on November 8.

During the trailer launch in Mumbai, the entire star cast shared their experience while shooting the film. Riteish Deshmukh will be seen playing the role of dwarf plays a perfect villain as he did in Ek Villain and his character relates to the song Teri Galliyan.

The film actually revolves around Tara and Sidharth's love story which becomes a triangle after the villain enters their life.

When Riteish Deshmukh was asked about comparison of his role with Shahrukh Khan, to which he said, "Firstly, unfortunately, I have not seen the film but when I had gone to Shah Rukh Sir's Zero sets, he sat with me for around 45 minutes and shown me how he shot for the film and prepared for it.

I also saw him perform live and he was magnificent. I thought what they had done was extraordinary. And no matter how much I try, I won't be able to do it like him. So, I stopped trying. How much ever I could do in my limitation and my director told me, I did."

Sidharth Malhotra while speaking to media during the trailer launch, said, "Every actor thinks before signing a film what he likes in it, what he wants from it. This film is an ode to all the heroes I have seen in Hindi movies and got inspired by their entry, the shot, the walk and the action. With this excitement, I entered the film."

He further said, "A hero will enter like a hero, do action and 'dialoguebaazi' like a hero. I grew up in this cinema. For the first time in many years, I got a chance to play a hero like this. When I heard his narration, his dialogues, that was the first thing which got me excited, that I should do this.

I got inspired to become a hero, watching big action heroes saying dialogues. This is the first time in my career that I'm playing a hero and be presented like one, all thanks to Milap and the whole team."