- Karan Singhania is given to brooding. Born into a rich family, he can't communicate with his industrialist father, but nurses fond memories, and a picture of his (possibly dead or estranged) mother, above all thinks there is life in migrating abroad. Siddharth Suryanarayan is best known for playing Vivek Oberoi's character in the Tamil version of Mani Ratnam's Yuva. An MBA who dabbled in amateur theatre in Delhi, he has been associate director to Mani Ratnam and wrote the story and screenplay for the latest Telugu film he also stars in, Chukkallo Chandrudu. His biggest success before RDB has been Prabhu Deva's directorial debut, the Rs 30-crore grosser Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.
- Aslam comes from an orthodox Muslim family that opposes his Hindu friends and hedonistic lifestyle. Their willing ghettoisation suffocates him. Kunal Kapoor has been an assistant to Mehra for Aks. He first ventured into acting on screen in M.F. Husain's Meenaxi, and has been part of Naseeruddin Shah's theatre group for the past...
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