Vishak Nair as Sanjay Gandhi in Emergency. See first look

Actor Vishak Nair has been roped in to play Sanjay Gandhi in the period film Emergency. The makers dropped the first look of the film on September 13.

Actor Vishak Nair's first look from Emergency is out. The actor will be seen playing the role of Sanjay Gandhi in the Kangana Ranaut directorial. The actress shared Vishal's first look on her official Instagram handle. While sharing the look, Kangana called Vishak 'the powerhouse of talent'.

Kangana Ranaut took to her official Instagram handle to share Vishak Nair's first look as Sanjay Gandhi. She wrote, "Verified Presenting the powerhouse of talent @nair.vishak as #SanjayGandhi; Sanjay was the soul of Indira the man she loved and lost #Emergency (sic)."

Take a look at Kangana's post:

Billed as the story of a watershed moment in the political history of India, Emergency is written and directed by Kangana Ranaut. She also stars as former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the upcoming film.

Vishak Nair, who has featured majorly in Malayalam films like Aanandam, Puthan Panam and Chunkzz, joins the cast, which also includes Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chaudhry and Milind Soman.

"Sanjay is one of the most crucial people in Mrs Gandhi's life. For this, I needed someone who played a man with his innocence intact but who is also shrewd at the same time. He is equally competent and equally passionate. The man needed many shades and can play a whole spectrum of emotions. Sanjay is an extension of his mother," Kangana said in a statement.

"I looked for a face for more than six months and I decided to launch him as the face. I am glad that after Avneet I am launching a new face in a very big scale film. Vishak is a tremendous actor and has done a slew of Malayalam movies. This is his first Hindi film and I am certain he will do great justice to Sanjay's character," she added.