Siddharth Anand: Deepika Padukone is doing a lot of action and crazy stuff in ‘Fighter’ – Times of India

Siddharth Anand was quick to move ahead after the success of ‘Pathaan’. She’s dived head on into the shoot of ‘Fighter’. “We recently wrapped the third schedule, first was in Assam, second in Kashmir and the last one in Hyderabad. It is still early days for the film, but we are on the journey to creating something special,” shares the director.

He will reunite with Deepika Padukone for ‘Fighter’ and promises to showcase her in a completely different avatar. Siddharth says, “In ‘Pathaan’, she was a spy and in ‘Fighter’ she is playing an air force officer. She is playing a character which is authentic, rooted and her research has been fabulous. Deepika plays real life characters beautifully. Although in ‘Pathaan’ hers was a commercial-extravagant role, but in ‘Fighter’, she is very authentic, she is doing a lot of action and crazy stuff.”

When asked about roping in his favourite actor Hrithik, Siddharth adds, “Hrithik is very special to me and we’ve been working for the last 10 years now! There is great synergy between us, he understands what I want through my actions and he can read the look on my face. That energy is very special between an actor and a director. Hopefully the audience will get a new treat.”