 Gupte described his character as mercurial , and found playing him a physical delight . Gupte said his character keeps the frame unpredictable and that it provided him with a foil to express rage and anguish . He worked a lot on his characterisation and tried to bring in his own references from European and Japanese cinema . Chandan Roy Sanyal described his character Mikhail as provocative , mad , wicked and humorous . <unk> and Joshi , who played Lobo and Lele respectively , described their characters as the most corrupt policemen in their department at the Anti @-@ Narcotics Bureau . They said that to prepare for the roles they followed the script and Bhardwaj 's instructions to get the characters right . Mukherjee prepared for his role as Mujeeb by reading the script and understanding the characters , and discussing it with Bhardwaj . Dutta , who played <unk> — a Bengali criminal involved in fixing horse races and arms dealing — said that he did not have much time to prepare for his role because he was given the script after he arrived in Mumbai , where Bhardwaj briefed him . 
