After basking in the success of the Indian web series titled ‘Sacred Games’, Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is all set to return with Navdeep Singh’s upcoming revenge drama ‘Hunter’. Owing to his character in the film, he has been sported in a full beard and long hair for the past few months.

Saif will be playing the role of a Naga Sadhu in his upcoming action thriller ‘Hunter’ which will be set in1780. On the role, the actor revealed in an interview,” Don’t get ideas." (laughs) "I wear clothes even though I shouldn’t be because Naga means 'nanga'. My character is a failed Naga sadhu, who has strong notions of revenge. The film is a drama set in Rajasthan. I even got my ears pierced for the role, which I was worried about initially. My hair has grown a lot. It bothered me throughout summer, when I was shooting in Rajasthan’s sweltering heat. It took me 40 minutes to two hours sometimes to just get into hair and make-up for the part.”

He further said that, “I’ve always felt that there is one entity that is giving me things that I don’t deserve. That’s how I feel for the role, also. It’s too good to be true and it’s a complete experience. And though it takes ridiculous two hours of make-up and hair, it’s like the journey of a character in a Westerner (a Western film), who goes into another space all together with his experiences. It’s so fulfilling to watch old forts in Rajasthan come alive because of these shoots.”

Navdeep Singh, who had directed ‘Manorama: Six Feet Under’ (2007) and ‘NH10’ (2010), is said to have roped in ‘Mukkabaaz’ actress Zoya Hussain and Manav Vij for the project.