Director Dibakar Banerjee has spoken about how he cast Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra in his film, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, which was given a new lease of life after its debut on Amazon Prime Video recently. Dibakar said that while Arjun and him 'killed' themselves workshopping the character, Parineeti came in later. Also read: Parineeti Chopra says she was 'sick' of people criticising her ability to act: 'Nobody questioned the films'Dibakar said that 'for each and every aspect' of Sandeep, her character, Parineeti was 'coming from her cultural memory'. And one day, the filmmaker recalled, a colleague of his came to him and told him, "You know Dibakar, Parineeti is Sandy." Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, co-written by Varun Grover, also features Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, and Jaideep Ahlawat.

Source: Hindustan Times May 28, 2021 06:56 UTC