Prawaal Raman's upcoming film Main Aur Charles is based on the famous Tihar jail break of 1986 of Charles Sobhraj, where the powerhouse performer Randeep Hooda is portraying Charles. Charles Sobhraj is currently in Kathmandu jail and it's almost impossible to meet him.

But on Sunday morning, Randeep Hooda along with his director managed to do the impossible, they met Charles, now a 72-year-old man in Kathmandu jail. Excerpts from an exclusive conversation with Randeep on his meeting with the man he portrays on screen this Friday.

How long was your meeting?

We met him in the area of mulaqat for about 10 minutes. He was at a distance of seven feet from us.

How did you manage to meet Charles?

It's not difficult to meet him, it's almost impossible.We had to go through a lot to meet him and finally got the permission but even after that when we landed in Kathmandu, we were still not allowed to meet him initially.

Talk about the details of your meeting?

I had gone dressed looking myself and not dressed as Charles, so when he saw me he could not recognise till I told him, 'I am the guy who plays Charles.' He looked at me with a long silence and then gave me a thumbs up. I had heard from our sources that he had seen the trailer of our film on his TV there and had liked it. We wanted to present him the poster of the movie. But he had not only already seen the poster, but had already put it up on the wall of the jail. We sent him some posters to sign and he not only signed them but also wrote his best wishes for us. He told us how seeing the trailer, he felt that the film was a great quality product and seeing it, he felt nostalgic about his young life. He told us how it needed guts for producers to make a film like this and he applauded Prawaal Raman for capturing it right. He was specially very high on the fact that I could portray him so correctly. He asked me, 'Where did you get my speech and mannerisms?' I said, 'Out of your available footage.' He said, 'Spot on.' Generosity is a big part of his nature wherever he goes. He requested for a screening of the movie after it releases not only for himself, but also for all his 3,000 inmates. He asked me whether it would be possible. I said, 'Yes. We will need to take permission but we will try our best.'