India, Oct. 13 -- Rajkummar Rao's next film is the highly anticipated Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam, based on the life of Ujjwal Nikam, who represented the prosecution in the trial of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. During a recent interaction, Nikam revealed that he did not know who Rajkummar Rao was when the film's director Avinash Arun first suggested the actor's name to play him on the big screen.

Speaking to NDTV, Ujjwal Nikam shared that when Avinash Arun informed him that Rajkummar Rao would play his role in Prahaar, he immediately asked him one question: "Avinash ji, who is this Rajkummar?"

Avinash then told Nikam about Rajkummar Rao's career and his performances. After hearing ...