/> Now it can be told. Shahid Kapoor has adopted his father, the illustrious Pankaj Kapoor's mode of acting to play the double role of Guddu and Charlie in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey.

Pankaj, it must be remembered, played a double role in Anubhav Sinha's Dus. When Vishal who has directed Pankaj in The Blue Umbrella and the short-film on AIDS Blood Brothers, invited Shahid to play the morally- incompatible twins, Shahid apparently studied the way his father played the part.

Amole Gupte who is Shahid's co-actor in Kaminey says he has never witnessed such diligence. "When Shahid played Guddu he had to assume Guddu's stammer. He completely internalized all of the character's traits, including the stammer so that there's nothing caricatural about the character."

On the sets Shahid never withdrew into his vanity van. "He stayed on the set throughout, kept absorbing the ambience, the sweaty milieu in which Guddu and Charlie had to function in their own separate ways.

I know Pankaj works the same way.And I truly believe Shahid has inherited Pankaj's ability and style of performing without seening to act. It is definitely in his dna, " says Amole who has earlier worked with Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par.

"But not as an actor. When you're facing the camera with a co-star you become compatriots in the canvas of characterization. On many occasions I was startled by Shahid's passion for excellence.I saw the same quality in Aamir."

In fact Amole now intends to cast Shahid in the film that he'll direct.

Amole rates Shahid in Kaminey as a benchmark in male performances. "I don't think a double role has been done like this before. Shahid has entered Guddu and Charlie's world. Naseer and Pankaj apart I know very actors who could've done what he has."

On many occasions Shahid would remain in character for days so that he wouldn't lose thread of the two roles.

The fact that both Priyanka and Shahid play more than one role in What's Your Raashee and Kaminey, respectively, gave them a common platform to share their multiple-personality experiences with one another.

Says Amole, "It's an adrenaline-charged performance. On many occasions as we performed together I'd forget how young Shahid is. This level of passion in a performance comes to an actor after decades, not after 3-4 years of acting."

Amole ‘s opinion is that this is no Ram Aur Shyam kind of double role. "In fact in Kaminey two different characters played by one actor. And Shahid should be up for two best actor nominations in Kaminey."