When director Razneesh Ghai offered 120 Bahadur to Raashii Khanna, she understood that her screen time was limited. But that didn’t matter to the actor, who knew that her character was the film’s emotional anchor. There was another motivation to say yes to the war drama that chronicles the 1962 Battle of Rezang La — leading man Farhan Akhtar. 

Today, she couldn’t be happier about the decision, as she has walked out of the film enriched by the collaboration with the multi-hyphenate. She says, “I’ve seen a lot of people who act and direct; the director in them comes out when there is another director. But I never saw that with Farhan sir. He truly is a director’s actor. I never saw him question the director’s vision. I have huge respect for him. He’s a template of how men should be. He is very respectful towards women.”