Director
Omung
Kumar
believes
Randeep
Hooda
should
have
won
awards
for
his
gruelling
physical
transformation
in
Sarbjit.
The
film
was
based
on
the
life
of
Sarbjit
Singh,
an
Indian
prisoner
who
died
in
a
Pakistani
jail
after
being
brutally
assaulted.
It
focused
on
his
sister
Dalbir
Kaur's
(played
byAishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
fight
for
over
20
years
to
free
her
brother.
"Justice
was
not
given
to
Randeep.
People
appreciated
his
role
and
the
way
he
did
it,
but
it
did
not
transform
in
terms
of
awards.
He
should
have
been
nominated.
It
is
sad
considering
the
amount
of
hard
work
he
had
put
in,"
Omung
told
PTI.
"Everyone
knows
he
was
the
best
performer
and
he
was
not
even
nominated
and
it
disturbed
me.
His
work
for
the
film
was
something
else
and
it
all
went
unnoticed," he
added.
Omung
says
both
Randeep
and
Aishwarya
were
his
first
choices
for
the
film.
"The
way
he
transformed
no
other
actor
could
have
done
that.
He
is
a
dedicated
person.
He
has
lived
that
world.
I
wanted
a
mature
person
and
someone
who
would
transform
herself
from
a
young
beautiful
girl
to
a
54-year-old
lady
and
Aishwarya
did
a
fabulous
job.
The
transformation
is
there
to
see."
Sony
MAX,
the
Hindi
movies
channel
from
Sony
Pictures
Networks,
will
screen
'Sarbjit' tomorrow.