Actor Vicky Kaushal, who will be seen portraying Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in his upcoming flick Sam Bahadur, recently answered questions requested via media folks at the movie's trailer launch event. At the event, the actor discovered that he become dubious of portraying the legend on the huge display as he idea changed into not handsome enough for the upcoming Meghna Gulzar's flick. 

He mentioned the time when he and the director Meghna had been capturing for Raazi and the latter informed him that she desired to make a film of the Field Marshal. ''I remember while Meghna and I were running on Raazi, then throughout a taking pictures agenda in Patiala she told me what she desired to do subsequent. And she stated she desires to make a film on Sam Manekshaw,'' he wrote. 

''My dad and mom are each from Punjab, and through them, I had heard loads approximately him. But I didn't recognise how he seemed. So during that communique, I secretly Googled him and noticed his photograph. I said, 'He may be very handsome and I will no longer get this role.' But I must thank Meghna for giving me the position of this handsome person,'' he added. Directed via Meghna Gulzar, the movie stars Vicky in the titular function and is set towards the backdrop of the 1971 India-Pakistan struggle wherein Sam Manekshaw led the Indian Army, following which a new nation Bangladesh become born. The film additionally stars Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Govind Namdev, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Neeraj Kabi as assisting cast. 

The first legit teaser of Sam Bahadur became unveiled last month and the film is scheduled to hit the massive monitors on December 1.