The Lengths Nawazuddin Siddiqui Went to While Playing 'Psycho Raman'

Mumbai: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui left his home for two days without informing anyone and then started fearing himself while he was preparing for his role in Raman Raghav 2.0, where he plays a psychopathic serial killer.

"For two days, I just went away without telling anyone and started fearing myself when I was preparing for this role. And then I returned and after I started shooting, I got hospitalized for a week for certain reasons. I was speaking the lines of a scene while unconscious, and my wife called Anurag Kashyap, and said, 'What have you done to my husband? You have changed him'," said Nawazuddin, at the trailer launch of the film.

Nawazuddin's character is based on a real life psychopathic serial killer Raman Raghav, who was known as Psycho Raman in the 1960s.

When Nawazuddin was asked how he prepares for his roles, he said: "My process depends on the director and sometimes the character alone tells you how you should prepare for it. There are numerous characters for which there is no need of any particular preparation. What the director tells you on the spot, the character follows that path."

"The good thing is that I'm have 'moti buddhi' (not too intelligent) type so I just try to do what the director tells me, I don't try to think too much," said Nawazuddin.

Nawazuddin was recently accused of assaulting a woman in his housing society.

When he was asked whether he took out the anger of that incident with his role in the film, he said: "The film had been made before that. If something is still left, I don't know."

Quoting the word 'saprem' (with regards) which features on the film's poster, he added: "The situation is very good there in the society. Everything is going on in the court. Everything is saprem."

Raman Raghav 2.0 also stars Vicky Kaushal and will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16. Raman Raghav 2.0 releases commercially on June 24.