Prosenjeet’s character of the suave, sexy and dynamic politician in Dibakar Bannerjee’s Shanghai is inspired by Shekhar Kapur. Apparently, Dibakar’s team dug up pictures of Shekhar and the clothes he wore 15-20 years ago and used them as reference points for Prosenjeet’s physical appearance in Shanghai. Says Dibakar, “When I wrote the role of a sexy politician, I had Shekhar in mind. But we needed someone in his 40s so we chose Prosenjeet for the role.