
This isn't the first time that Anil is playing an autistic role. In K Vishwanath's Eeshwar too he was cast as a slow, saintly man who wins over a village widow. Anil has admitted he copied Raj Kapoor in Eeshwar.
Shah Rukh Khan too is set to play an isolated Muslim suffering from an autism in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan.
"Anil plays elder brother to Salman and Zayed Khan. Subhash Ghai had been meaning to incorporate a physically-psychologically challenged character into his script for a long time. It was Anil who told Subhashji the story idea for Yuvvraaj," said a source.