Sudha Kongara directorial flick ‘Saala Khadoos’ is a bilingual sports drama movie featuring handsome hunk R. Madhavan in the lead role with newbie Ritika Singh. The lead actor plays the role of a boxing coach whereas Ritika is an aspiring boxer. But did you know this new face of B-town was chosen from amongst 100 athletes for the lead role and also she is a national level kickboxer?
The upcoming film was shot in Hindi as well as in Tamil. R Madhavan remarked that the most difficult thing for the makers of ‘Saala Khadoos’ was to find a female boxer who could also act. The casting was very tough and Ritika Singh was shortlisted only after the casting team had a ringside view of 700 – odd duels and had auditioned nearly 100 athletes. (ALSO READ: Kamal Haasan wishes R. Madhavan for ‘Saala Khadoos’)
Spokesperson of ‘Saala Khadoos’ stated, “Hirani chose a national level boxer over an actress to play the lead role. He felt the fights required stamina and intensity, and only a real boxer could make them look real. So, the entire team set out on a hunt for one. They auditioned over 100 boxers and attended over 700 boxing matches all over the country, before they finalised the female lead.”
Ritika who bagged the role thanked the lead actor R. Madhavan on the micro-blogging site Twitter:
Thanks for always believing in me @ActorMadhavan I will never let you down! https://t.co/RqA9vF0NbE
— Ritika Singh (@ritika_offl) December 18, 2015
It has been a tough ride but @ActorMadhavan @RajkumarHirani @sash041075 and Sudha Ma’am made me cruise through it
— Ritika Singh (@ritika_offl) December 15, 2015
The auditions spanned for a couple of months and the makers found Ritika perfect for the role. The national level kick boxer holds a black belt in karate and is also trained in mixed martial arts. (ALSO READ: Saala Khadoos trailer: R Madhavan is sexy as a boxing coach, as he does a Shah Rukh Khan!)
At a recent media interaction, Rajkumar Hirani admitted that he was apprehensive about casting a boxer as the lead heroine, but after watching Ritika’s audition tape the team was confident about her. The upcoming sports drama movie is all set to hit the silver screens on January 29, 2016. (ALSO READ: PC Sorcar’s daughter to debut in Rajkumar Hirani’s first production Saala Khadoos)
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