KHIVA Iskak’s role as a deaf-and-mute thug named Sandi is a challenging and unusual one. He had to delve into the world of the deaf-mute diffabled. Moreover, he also had to gauge what it was like for a deaf-mute to be daily submerged in a culture of violence – a personality with very few references in real life, novels, and movies. Khiva Iskak had to become a person unable to hear anything, but always having to anticipate po