Satram Ramani, the director of Double XL, discusses how he selected Shikhar Dhawan to make his acting debut alongside Huma Qureshi

Satram Ramani, the overseer of Huma Qureshi and Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Twofold XL, uncovers how cricketer Shikhar Dhawan came ready for the film.
Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi-starrer Twofold XL just had its trailer delivered the week before. What’s more, aside from the entertainers, one of the features of the video was the ‘screen debut’ of cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, who was momentarily seen hitting the dance floor with Huma in a fantasy succession. The appearance has produced a considerable amount of buzz about the film. In a selective visit with Hindustan Times, Twofold XL chief Satram Ramani talked about why he picked Shikhar for the part and how the cricketer was persuaded to do the job.

The trailer opened with Huma Qureshi, wearing a pink outfit at what is by all accounts an extravagant occasion as she is moved toward by a smooth looking Shikhar Dhawan, who asks her for a dance. The cricketer shows up in the film as a feature of a fantasy grouping in the start of the film. According to looking at projecting him, Satram, “In the film, Huma’s personality’s fantasy is to turn into a games moderator, as the trailer likewise shows. She needs to discuss cricket matches and everything. Thus, the pertinent piece of the fantasy required a cricketer and I’m enamored with Shikhar Dhawan. I see him as an apex predator, who fits in both the desi association and the first class club. I felt that was the ideal projecting however I couldn’t say whether he would believe should make it happen.”

Shikhar, 37, has been quite possibly of India’s best cricketer throughout the past ten years or somewhere in the vicinity, having played in north of 250 worldwide counterparts for the nation, captaining the side in a couple too. All in all, how did such a praised cricketer consent to the appearance? In the end, it tumbled to entertainer and the film’s maker Saqib Saleem (who likewise is Huma’s sibling) to persuade Shikhar to make his ‘film debut’. “Saqib really settled on a decision to him and he was available to it. He really was persuaded about the film’s thought and he said, ‘this film ought to be made’. That is the explanation he upheld us. He was thoughtful enough for a one-day shoot and expressed, ‘I’m there for you folks’,” uncovers Satram.

The producer says the cricketer brought his convivial, fun nature to the sets, making the shoot a pleasurable encounter. He reviews, “You probably seen his Instagram Reels what not. That is his genuine persona. He is entertaining. He and I would have rivalries on who might make the break wisecracks on set. He kept it light on set. He delighted in it and lived it up.”

Twofold XL, which additionally stars Zaheer Iqbal, will deliver in performance centers on November 4. Coordinated by Satram, the film has been composed by Mudassar Aziz and Sasha Singh.