Anil Kapoor plays autistic role in Yuvvraaj

After the success of Taare Zameen Par that featured a dyslexic character, now Anil Kapoor will be seen as an autistic in his forthcoming movie Yuvvraaj.

After the success of Taare Zameen Par, now Anil Kapoor will be seen as an autistic in his forthcoming movie Yuvvraaj.

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"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 sources are to be believed Anil's reference point in Yuvvraaj is Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

This isn't the first time that Anil is playing an autistic role. In K. Vishwanath's Eeshwar too he was cast as a slow, saintly man who wins over a village widow. Anil has self-admittedly copied Raj Kapoor in Eeshwar.

Shah Rukh Khan too plays an isolated Muslim suffering from an autistic disorder in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan