Sanjeev Kumar played nine roles in the film Naya Din Nai Raat which was a remake of Tamil movie Navarathri.
The role was initially pitched up to Dilip Kumar who suggested Sanjeev Kumar for the same.
Sanjeev Kumar plays the nine characters with each character embodying one of the nine rasas (emotions).
The nine roles played by Sanjeev Kumar are of a psychiatrist, a bandit, a leper, a priest/smuggler, a transvestite actor, a wealthy widower, a hunter, a drunken lout and a young man.
It was indeed a challenge to play these multiple roles. Sanjeev Kumar played it convincingly and garnered a lot of praise for the same.
He made each personna unique through his mannerisms and voice and achieved a feat which cemented his legacy as a master of disguise and character acting.
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