Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah’s cinematic offerings have been few and far in between in the recent past, but actor-producer Sonu Sood’s Fateh was not an offer he couldn’t refuse. “When I narrated the script and showed him the rushes, he liked them. He felt that it looked ‘international’, and said he’d love to be part of it. He plays a role that is integral to the story, and is layered and complex. No one else could have done justice to this role. If he had turned it down, I would have removed this character,” shares Sood, who was completing the post-production work on Fateh in the USA last month.

The action-thriller revolving around cyber fraud marks Sood’s directorial debut. The actor, who is also producing the movie, shot with Shah a month ago in north India. “He is a director’s actor. I gave him the liberty to perform in the way he desired, and share his inputs.”