Makers wanted to cast Babil as the young Sardar Udham

irector Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham was earlier set to feature Irrfan Khan in the title role and producer Ronnie Lahiri has revealed that the late actor’s son Babil was being considered to play the younger version of the unsung revolutionary at one point of time. The makers had first cast Khan for the biopic , who later exited the film owing to his ill health. Vicky Kaushal was eventually roped in to play the older version in the film, slated to be released on Amazon Prime Video on October 16. Babil is set to make his acting debut with the Netflix film Qala. —PTI