Mumbai:
Saif
Ali
Khan
has
opted
for
a
naturally
tanned
look
instead
of
make-up
to
play
a
rural
gangster
in
Tigmanshu
Dhulia-directed
Bullet
Raja.
According
to
a
source,
the
actor
was
required
to
get
a
tanned
look
for
his
character
and
to
achieve
that
the
42-year-old
would
sit
outside
his
van
in
the
afternoon.
"Saif
really
puts
in
a
lot
of
effort
to
get
into
his
character.
Tigmanshu
wanted
a
certain
tanned
look
since
he
is
playing
a
rural
gangster.
When
Saif
learned
this,
he
decided
that
instead
of
the
make-up
he
would
sit
outside
his
van
in
the
afternoons
to
get
the
natural
tanned
look.
We
all
told
him
that
it
was
not
necessary
to
do
that
as
it
was
really
scorching
hot,
but
he
did
not
listen
to
us," said
the
source.
The
actor
went
to
great
lengths
to
get
under
the
skin
of
Langda
Tyagi,
his
character
in
critically
acclaimed
Othello-inspired
2006
movie
Omkara.
Bullet
Raja
narrative
will
be
set
against
the
backdrop
of
Uttar
Pradesh-based
mafia,
and
it
will
deal
with
the
underworld.
It
also
stars
Sonakshi
Sinha
and
Jimmy
Shergill.