Nawazuddin Siddiqui's prowess before the camera has so far been adequate in enabling him to charm his audience, but the actor is set to raise the bar with Umesh Shukla's next. "Nawaz will alter his physical appearance, and will need to acquire a certain definition to get into the character," Shukla, who is set to create a biopic on a customs officer, tells mid-day.

Following his socially-relevant satires Oh My God and 102 Not Out with a biography on prime minister Narendra Modi, the director is now drawn to stories that don't depend on fiction. In his second attempt at revisiting history to present another tale of bravado, he will showcase how the officer "fearlessly worked [to fix the flaws sin] the system."