Details about Farhan Akhtar's character in Lucknow Central

We all have an urbanized image of actor Farhan Akhtar in our minds. But breaking this stereotype, he is all set to play an aspiring Bhojpuri actor in his next film Lucknow Central.

A source close to the film revealed that Farhan is playing an aspiring Bhojpuri actor, who is a huge fan of actor Manoj Tiwari. However, circumstances land him in jail. Farhan agreed doing this role, since no Bollywood actor has played Bhojpuri actor’s character, till date. Excited about the same, he invested his one month getting into the skin of this character. Also, he and his few team mates locked themselves in their jail's set to get a feel of how it is to live in a confined space.

Produced by Nikhil Advani, Lucknow Central is slated to release on September 15.