Alt: Dhanveer Singh On Working With Akshaye Khanna In ‘State of Siege: Temple Attack’: “I Had A Very Good Hand-To-Hand Fight With Him” ( Photo Credit – Instagram ; IMDb )
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Actor Dhanveer Singh gained nearly 10 kilos of muscle weight for his role in the upcoming digital film “State Of Siege: Temple Attack”. Dhanveer plays a terrorist in the Ken Ghosh directorial starring Akshaye Khanna.
“When I was cast for this role, I had a meeting with the director. He said that I’ll be doing the character of Hanif who is physically strong. At that time, I was lean, so I had to put on almost 10 kgs of muscle weight. I worked hard in the gym and physically it was quite a tough character,” he recalls.
Sharing his experience of working with Akshaye Khanna, the actor added: “It was really amazing working with Akshaye Khanna. I had a very good hand-to-hand fight with Akshaye sir in the film. I had never done actions scenes before and my first one is with Akshaye Khanna! He is very helpful and supported me a lot. He is an amazing person and makes everyone around comfortable.”
Dhanveer also opened up on OTT platforms providing a good scope of work for actors.
“OTT has made the dream of actors like us come true. Because there are a lot of actors and now there is a lot of work as well. OTT is a platform were we can show our art and true potential. This is a blessing and a boon for all the actors,” he said.
The film will depict how, on September 24, 2002, a terrorist attack at Akshardham temple claimed over 30 lives and left 80 injured. The National Security Guard (NSG) arrived at the spot, killed the terrorists, and ended the siege.
