Autistic role for Anil Kapoor in`Yuvvraaj`

Mumbai, Nov 13: After the success of `Taare Zameen Par`, now Anil Kapoor

will be seen as an autistic in his forthcoming movie `Yuvvraaj`.

"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 said.

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`.

IANS