When director Vivek Budakoti offered Patna Shuklla to Chandan Roy Sanyal, the actor noticed that his role was not an archetypal villain. In the courtroom drama about education scam, Sanyal plays a confident defense counsel locking horns with Raveena Tandon’s small-time lawyer. “Vivek sir said he wanted someone to bring gravitas to the character. He didn’t want me to play the role like a villain; that attracted me to the part. I kept it human and argumentative,” says Sanyal.