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After exchanging pleasantries, he revealed how he was cast as the strict Tamilian Ramesh Mahadevan in the film. “I met Padma Kumar, Narasimha Murthy, Paddy, we lovingly call Paddy in LA. He came to see my film called Mukti Bhawan (2016), which was showing in the LA Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Fresh out of the press show of Max, Min & Meowzaki, I stepped out of Lightbox preview theater, eyes moist and a smile on my face, when I was told that the film’s actor Adil Hussain was present. Immediately, I felt like I had to talk to him. As we sat down for a quick chat, I realised he didn’t have any airs to himself despite innumerable achievements.

After exchanging pleasantries, he revealed how he was cast as the strict Tamilian Ramesh Mahadevan in the film. “I met Padma Kumar, Narasimha Murthy, Paddy, we lovingly call Paddy in LA. He came to see my film called Mukti Bhawan (2016), which was showing in the LA Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles. And his film was also there called A Billion Color Story (2016). And we saw each other's film and I loved that film. And he said, ‘Oh my God, we will have to work together’. I said, ‘Paddy, any day, you know, I loved your film. Anytime you call me, I’ll be there’. Then he came up with this story and I was like, ‘wow’.”

The actor, who hails from Goalpara, Assam, then spoke about how he perfected the Tamil accent. “I was terrified because he said we have to do a Tamil accent. I'm like, I never did it. It's a responsibility not to make it caricatureish. And at least there should be a flavour of authenticity if not fully authentic. I cannot be a Tamilian within two months. So, I tried my best to be as he guided me. He recorded all the dialogues in that accent which his father used to speak. And then he gave it to me. I used to listen and learn my lines. And then we came to the sets that I started and he was guiding me. Also to remember the lines while I'm emoting and then not to forget the. So it was quite challenging. But I absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it,” he stated.

The film features Radha, the cat, in a prominent role as Meowzaki. Adil just has one scene with it. When pointed out that in that scene in which his character's allergic to cats and runs away, he smiled and chimed in, “And I passed it on to my son also in the film.”