Randeep Hooda: 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster sex scenes challenge taboos'

Randeep Hooda has said that his upcoming film Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster will challenge Indian film viewers because of its sex scenes.

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster centres on an innocent man who falls in love with a married woman while working as a driver for her and her husband.

Hooda told IANS: "In this film, we have shown extramarital affairs but those things do happen in real life and are spoken about. Boldness in our movie is very topical.

"We don't have bad language. There are some intimate scenes but they make sense because they are so emotionally and passionately driven that they seem to be a part of the film very seamlessly.

"So it's not done to titillate anybody. Because we have been a sexually repressed society, we are opening a bit more and we have come to accept a few things now."

The actor added: "My inspiration for this character went back to my roots in Haryana, to the time I grew up and people I observed. My uncles were drivers and I thought of those times and people around me."

Hooda attributed his success to Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, in which he played a gangster.

"Things have really changed for me professionally because before Once Upon A Time In Mumbai I did take a hiatus from acting, but that film brought me back in a big way," he said. "Now other directors and production houses look at me as an actor who can carry bigger parts and a longer screen presence."

In June, it was reported that Once Upon a Time in Mumbai co-star Emraan Hashmi was trying to oust Hooda from the upcoming thriller Informer.

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