Anil Kapoor will play an autistic role in his forthcoming movie "Yuvvraaj".
After the success of "Taare Zameen Par", now Kapoor is keen to branch out and experience more challenging roles.
"Anil plays elder brother to Salman and Zayed Khan. Subhash Ghai had been meaning to incorporate a physically-psychologically challenged character into his script for a long time. It was Anil who told Subhashji the story idea for 'Yuvvraaj'," a source told IANS.
If this is to be believed, then Anil's inspiration in Yuvvraaj is Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.
Surprisingly this isn't the first time that Anil has played an autistic role. In K. Vishwanath's "Eeshwar" he was cast as a slow, saintly man who wins over a village widow. Anil admitted at the time that her copied Raj Kapoor in "Eeshwar".