Salman was keen to do a role in Freaky Ali, says Nawazuddin

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says Salman Khan was keen to play a part in his upcoming movie ‘Freaky Ali’. “Salman Bhai was there while the narration was going on. He was happy with the script and was keen to do a role in the film. But this film doesn’t allow to fit him into a character because of his larger than life image. And ‘Freaky Ali’ might have got disturbed by Salman Bhai’s grand image,” Nawazuddin said.

“Once Sohail Bhai described me Freaky Ali’s one line, I was interested. Then he started to work on the script. When we wrote a script keeping an actor in mind, it made easier to structure a story. This is how ‘Freaky Ali’ started,” he added.

The Sohail Khan directorial sees Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a never-before-seen avatar, who does multiple jobs from selling under garments to hafta wasooli and later turns a golf player. The story revolves around, how golf, the game of the super elites, can be mastered by a poor nonprofessional too. The sports drama also stars Arbaaz Khan and Amy Jackson.