Nimrat Kaur: Took Brad Pitt’s ‘Moneyball’ character as reference for ‘Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video’ role

Actor Nimrat Kaur says she took inspiration from Hollywood star Brad Pittrsquos character in the 2011 film ldquoMoneyballrdquo to essay the role of a flamboyant cop in her upcoming movie ldquoSajini Shinde Ka Viral VideordquoShe plays Bela Barud a police officer who heads the investigation to find Sajini Radhika Madan a physics teacher who disappears under mysterious circumstancesKaur said filmrsquos director Mikhil Musalersquos playlist which includes soundtracks by iconic German music composer Hans Zimmer also helped her get into the skin of her characterldquoI loved it role because it gives me that flamboyance which I donrsquot have as a person Irsquom kind of shy and Irsquom selective about my extroverted days Her tough exterior over compensates her femininity she wants to hide behind her clothesldquoThe reference was Brad Pitt from lsquoMoneyballrsquo Irsquove a poster at home where Brad Pitt is sitting and below it is written Bela Barudhellip He Musale has a playlist from Hans Zimmer to all kinds of kickass composers in the world It playlist was kickardquo the actor told PTI in an interview herePitt had played the spirited Billy Beane the general manager of the American baseball team Oakland Athletics in ldquoMoneyballrdquo a role that had earned the actor an Academy Award nominationMadan on the other hand was instructed to listen to Amit Trivedirsquos ldquoMadhubalardquo song from his 2021 album lsquoSongs of LoversquoldquoWe played majorly one song that was a constant reminder thathellip Amit Trivedirsquos lsquoMadhubalarsquo was the reference for everything It was there in my playlist which I used to listen to in the van or on the setsrdquo she addedIn order to assist actors get into the ldquomoodrdquo Musale said that he would do anything to create the right ambienceldquoOver the years and after three films Irsquove realised that sets are so chaotic especially when you are dealing with so many characters In our film we have multiple characters tracks and moods When an actor comes on a set everything has to be in the direction to get the scene rightldquoMusic and the environment that you create is important I would instruct all my team members and we would only discuss what helps the actors and everyone to be comfortable to get the scene right Every scene works when you get the moment rightrdquo said the director known for ldquoWrong Side Rajurdquo and ldquoMade in ChinardquoldquoSajini Shinde Ka Viral Videordquo is inspired from a reallife incident revealed MusaleldquoThis particular incident happened in someonersquos life who I know so that was the germ for the story I worked with my writer Parinda Joshi and we started developing it There were many points and opinions that we wanted to showcaseldquoThe film is a mix of many thoughts opinions and emotions and therersquos complete ownership towards it We drew a lot of experiences from people around us and made it personalrdquo he addedPlaying Sajini was an ldquoemotionally drainingrdquo but a ldquosatisfyingrdquo experience for MadanldquoIt was eerily silent intense and emotionally draining but equally satisfying and thatrsquos what an actor lives for I always had this one person around mehellip The director Whenever I was falling there was that trust that Irsquom taken care of It is such a luxury to have that otherwise it can get dark playing this by yourself and being all alonerdquo she saidBhagyashree Subodh Bhave Chinmaye Mandlekar Shashank Shinde and Sumeet Vyas also play significant roles in the movie Produced by Maddock Films ldquoSajini Shinde Ka Viral Videordquo hits screens on FridayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever