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Director Raju says he wants to portray crime authentically

When little-known Bollywood director Nabh Kumar Raju was looking for six actors to star in his movie on the underworld, he had one criterion: they should have committed or had a brush with crime at some point of their lives.

Mr Raju finally chose newcomers who have either been personally involved or seen crime at close quarters.

He said he cast them in the film because, "it should seem authentic and feel like real rather than reel life. People should be able to believe it."

The movie, called Hitlist, is based on six criminals getting together in India's financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), and making a list of all the important people they intend to target.

People get work on the basis of talent, I got it on the basis of my background Akbar Khan, former conman

Mr Raju says he has tried to portray the reality of crime and therefore chose a