Throwback Thursday: Saif Ali Khan REVEALS he could have been the first ‘butt’ of Bollywood on screen

The suave with which Nawab Saif Ali Khan carries himself is undeniable. The actor has a unique charm which makes him a favourite among the ladies. The actor has been stationed at home and working on various things one of which is his biography. Recently, Saif revealed that he is planning to release his biography in 2021. Well, we would like to get our hands on the copy first thing whenever it's out largely because the actor is known to speak his mind out and not give politically measured statements. Saif Ali Khan has been a part of the industry for more than two decades, and needless to say, he would have tons of stories to tell.

In a chat show, called No Filter Neha, the actor opened up on one such story. Answer this: Did you know he would have been the first actor to feature 'butt' naked on the big screen? Shocked right? Well, not many know how film scripts are written and how many times changes are made and scenes are altered and whatnot.

In Neha Dhupia's chat show, Saif narrated the entire story. Back in 2005-06, Omkara was being shot. The Indian adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello is a crime-drama directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, who has a penchant for Shakespeare's stories. "Vishal Bharadwaj is a lovely director and it was a really clever scene because there's this bit in Omkara where I had this one page of dialogue, where I say, 'This Omkara fellow, he's not made me the Baahubali, I'll bloody show him, I'll anoint myself the Baahubali, I'm going to kill everyone, you see what I do,' kind of thing. And he said, 'Listen, I think this scene is too talky, and this is cinema, so we can do all this without any lines.' So, I said, 'What do you mean?' and he replied, 'We have the camera and you're standing there in front of the mirror in the dark and the camera is coming close to you and you're looking at the mirror and you break the mirror and the mirror shatters and in the shattered mirror I see your schizophrenic face and because you broke the mirror, your hand is bleeding, and you anoint yourself with the blood. So that says it all, you don't have to say any dialogues.'"

Saif continued, "And I thought, Jesus, this man is a genius because that's cinema, right? He's taken a page of dialogue and converted into one shot. So, he said, 'In fact, I think you should do it naked.' I said, 'What?' So, he said, 'Ya, it'll look good, you're standing there naked with your back to the camera, don't worry it will be very dimly lit, like the movie.' So, I said, 'Listen, all right, I'll tell you what ' Tassaduq who is a really funny and cool DOP I said, 'You and Tassaduq stand there with me naked while you direct me, and I'll stand there naked, I don't mind, I'll do it.' He said, 'I'm not bloody directing you naked.' I said, 'Arre, if you're not going to be naked, then why should I be naked.' So I wasn't, but in retrospect, I should've done it, it was just too new an idea. I think after John Abraham showed his half butt, I would've been the first butt of Bollywood on screen," Saif revealed.

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