On channeling his sense of humour for Alauddin and the collage he posted of Alex (A Clockwork Orange), Joker (The Dark Knight) and himself as Khilji :
So I uploaded what I thought was an interesting collage and I got massively trolled for it and I was like "what the f**k? First of all, I thought it was a very cool image so I uploaded it instantly & people just started making their own inferences. I in no way will compare myself to cinematic legends like Heath Ledger. As a lover & a student of cinema, I will never compare myself to such legendary characters. That is a wrong interpretation. What I learnt from that artwork was that all three characters had the 'kubrick stare' which has been written about extensively, and I never knew about it till the person who sent me the picture and who is a cinephile, noticed it and sent it to me. Not only that, the reason that picture stood out to me was that during my prep I studied these characters very very closely.
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