Actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who plays the love interest of Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s transgender character of Harika in crime drama Haddi, spoke about his role and said that the basic idea was to communicate the concept of true love between people irrespective of gender. Directed by Akshat Ajay Sharma, the film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Kashyap, and Zeeshan in the lead. Nawaz plays the character of Haddi/Harika, while Zeeshan is seen as Irfan.
Talking to IANS, Zeeshan spoke on the mental and physical toll such characters take on the actors.
