The National Award winning director Omung Kumar recently kick-started the shoot of his much talked about upcoming biopic ' Sarbjit ' with his lead actor Randeep Hooda . The team of the film recently encountered an astonishing episode on their first day of shooting.

According to an insider, the talented took an unexpected step of entering the set already as his character. Enrobed in the prisoner's avatar, the actor faced quite a bewildering incidence when the security guards of the sets forbad him to enter the sets as they couldn't identify him. The actor was baffled as to how to convince them till the producer of the movie Sandeep Singh recognized him and stepped into his rescue. The director also could not recognize him even though he was just sitting a few steps away from him. The confusion took an end, when Randeep shouted out his presence leaving the crew members amazed.

Recalling the incident, the director Omung Kumar says, "It was quite an unpredictable gesture; the dedication and hard work Randeep has put for this role is outstanding. He is known for his method acting but I feel for this role, he has gone beyond his limits. Randeep is a phenomenal actor and I feel this is by far the most challenging and difficult role he has done in his career and I am sure now that he will do justice to his character"

' Sarbjit ' is slated to release on the 19th of May 2016 with its premiere held at the well-acclaimed Cannes Film Festival.