“I want to do more Bollywood movies,” says Suraj Sharma

Sharma talks to The Quint about how various people he met while in New York City helped inspire the character of Hassan. “There is someone I have known for years, and every time I spoke to him he spoke so fondly of his family. To me it seemed like he had them around, until day he told me how he couldn’t go home because he couldn’t come back. “

Sharma says people like him and many others he has met have helped him step into Hassan’s shoes. Danish Renzu, who also immigrated to the United States, shared his experiences with Suraj, which helped to understand Hassan better.