Actor Saif Ali Khan who went through an emergency appendectomy on Thursday at Kuala Lumpur while shooting for an ad says he is fine now. The only shoot to have been affected by Saif’s ill health is Vishal Bhardwaj’s Othello where he was supposed to return on Friday. Now Vishal will shoot Saif’s remaining portion in Mumbai, whenever possible.

On the professional front, Saif is most excited about Othello. “The cast of this film has a great mix of so-called thinking and commercial actors. You have the NSD bunch like Naseeruddin Shah on one hand, and commercial actors like Ajay Devgan and me, on the other. We used to have great fun on the sets, referring to each other disparagingly, saying things like, “You theatre-wallah” or you “commercial type”,” he laughs.

“I must say that the highbrow NSD crowd has scant respect for us commercial stars. They feel ‘Unko kya ma1oom (what does they know)? I don’t think too many directors are too comfortable working with actors from both genres. Othello is the first film in which the two worlds of art and masala movies join hands in a big way” He added.

As an actor, Saif has left no stone unturned in preparing for his role and says, “Its crazy I’ve changed my hair, walk, makeup, I’ve put on scars, a limp, yellow teeth. It used to take me ages to get ready every morning. As an actor, Othello is my first stab at personality transference. So much so that I hate the way I look in the film. It doesn’t look like me at all!”

Meanwhile, Saif will be out of hospital in one or two days. However, he will have to avoid strenuous activity for three weeks.