Director Imtiaz Ali shares Randeep Hooda's role details in 'Love Aaj Kal'

Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal will feature Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan in the lead roles. Not many may know that the film will also star actor Randeep Hooda in a prominent role. With the film set to release soon on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2020, director Imtiaz Ali recently took to social media and revealed some secrets about Randeep Hooda's role in Love Aaj Kal.

Randeep Hooda's role in Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal

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The trailer for Love Aaj Kal was shared online earlier this month and beautifully showed the strong chemistry between the two leads, Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan. The trailer also shared some brief glimpses of Randeep Hooda but did not reveal any details about his character or his role in the plot. However, with the film set to release tomorrow on Valentine's Day, director Imtiaz Ali decided to share some secret details about Randeep's character on his official handle on social media. 

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The video shared by the director revealed that Randeep Hooda would be playing the role of elderly Raghu. Raghu is the same character that Kartik Aaryan will play, but he will essay the younger version of Raghu in the 90s, while Randeep Hooda will play the present-day version of the same character. In the video, Randeep (as Raghu) explains his love story to Sara Ali Khan's character. The video also shares several scenes from the 90s love story where Kartik Aaryan (as Raghu) falls in love with Arushi Sharma's character.

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Love Aaj Kal is a remake of the 2009 film of the same name which was also directed by Imtiaz Ali. The first film starred Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles. Recently, in an interview with a news portal, Kartik Aaryan had stated that he was working out of his comfort zone for the first time and it was a litmus test for him. It remains to be seen how Love Aaj Kal performs at the box office, though it is expected to be a decent success thanks to Kartik Aaryan's strong presence. 

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