London, July 14 - The director of a comedy flick called 'Tere Bin Laden' (Without You Laden), about a lookalike of Osama Bin Laden, has said that the idea struck him when his wife told him that he resembled the Al-Qaeda leader with a scarf and beard.

The film that is due to be released this week is about a struggling Pakistani journalist who tries to sell an interview of a 'fake' Bin Laden as a scoop.

"One day I had a throbbing headache on my way back from home. So I tied a scarf around my head," the BBC quoted Abhishek Sharma, director of the movie, as saying.

"When I reached home, my wife said I looked like Osama Bin Laden since I also have a beard. It was her remark that got me thinking," he added.

He said that while researching he found fake interviews with Osama: "So I worked the story backwards."

Although the film is a comedy; the director maintains that they have been careful about the authenticity of locations in Karachi, facts about Bin Laden and the context of the story.

"It is a farce but rooted in real issues," said Sharma.

"We made sure every aspect of the film was a spoof and nothing should be construed in any wrong manner. (ANI)