# Manu Rishi Chadha draws hate and love for Musharraf role 2026-08-16T19:05:52+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Actor Manu Rishi Chadha says he is receiving both hate and love for playing General Pervez Musharraf in the web series Operation Safed Sagar. The role depicts Musharraf as the mastermind behind the 1999 Kargil War. The Hindustan Times and Times of India report that Chadha's social media is filled with messages, including one person who wrote they wanted to slap him for the act and hug him for his work. Chadha told Hindustan Times he knew from the start the role would not win him love. To avoid a caricature, he watched only one or two videos of Musharraf. He sought advice from actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who told him to focus on the character's human side. On set, Chadha stayed in character by avoiding conversations and not improvising, a method he credits to actor Naseeruddin Shah. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T09:06:40+00:00. Tags: Kargil War, Manu Rishi Chadha, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Operation Safed Sagar, Pervez Musharraf Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/manu-rishi-chadha-gets-hate-and-love-for-playing-musharraf/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/manu-rishi-chadha-gets-hate-and-love-for-playing-musharraf/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/