The fourth version of SCREEN Stay noticed legendary actor Sharmila Tagore sharing fascinating anecdotes from her illustrious profession. Throughout the interplay, she recalled Shatrughan Sinha’s behavior of being late to movie units. She cited the instance of the 1980 movie Dostana, by which Shatrughan starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan, recognized for his unwavering punctuality. The contrasting personalities of the 2 actors made the movie’s manufacturing significantly difficult for director Raj Khosla, who, as Sharmila quipped, “misplaced all his hair” in the course of the making of the film.
Sharmila reminisced, “After Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan was the one actor who got here on time. So, Dostana starred Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, and Zeenat Aman. Shatrughan Sinha was infamous for being late—he was late to his personal wedding ceremony, and as a parliamentarian, he was late. He’s biologically incapable of being on time. For that movie, the shift was from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and at precisely 2 p.m., Mr. Bachchan’s automobile would go away, and Shatrughan Sinha’s automobile would enter.”
She added, “You’ll be able to think about Raj Khosla misplaced all his hair in the course of the making of the movie. You gained’t discover all three—Amitabh, Shatrughan, and Zeenat—in a single body. After all, Zeenat adjusted her schedule to accommodate each their timings. For many scenes, the director had to make use of a physique double for pictures, filming from behind with the duplicate’s head seen from the again. Shatrughan used to do it for enjoyable; he wasn’t a tormentor—he was an exquisite particular person. He merely didn’t have the genes to be on time.”
Dostana additionally featured Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen, and Pran in supporting roles. The movie was a superhit on the field workplace, changing into the fourth-highest grosser of 1980.
As for Sharmila Tagore, she is ready to seem subsequent on the massive display in Sunil Sukthankar’s Outhouse, scheduled to hit screens this Friday.
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