Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar: Arjun Kapoor Reveals Why Prepping For Pinky’s Character Took Longer Than Shooting The Film

Arjun Kapoor has portrayed many roles in his 9 year long career in the Hindi film industry. He began his journey as Parma in Ishaqzaade, won hearts as Krish of 2 States and left us in splits with his double role in Mubarakan. However, his performance as Haryanvi cop Satinder "Pinky" Dahiya in Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is being referred to as his best till date. The film recently released on OTT platforms and fans were left in awe. Also starring Parineeti Chopra, the black comedy has been directed and produced by Dibakar Banerjee.

In a recent interview with Hindustan Times, Arjun revealed that prepping for his character took much longer than shooting the film, which was completed in 45 days. He was quoted saying, “Working on the backstory came in when we were living in Delhi. Every evening, we used to sit and make Pinky’s entire history, from when he was five years old, his relationship with his father and mother, did he play cricket, did he like to dance, was he academic… All the questions that needed to be answered to create Pinky in my mind, so I could hold on to it.”

He went on to share, “Then we brought in Parineeti because Dibakar wanted us to do only five days of talking, he didn’t want us to meet very often. Just five days before shoot, we met and did readings. The talking about the scenes came in much later, it was more about creating the character first. That took three months.”

Well, his performance proved that a lot of effort had gone into prep because Arjun has aced the character of Pinky!