Mumbai, November 25 (IANS). Veteran actor Nana Patekar has revealed that it was because of Anil Kapoor that he was replaced in the film ‘Parinda’. Along with this, he has made many other revelations.
Recently Nana Patekar spoke openly with Anil Kapoor. He talked about being replaced by Jackie Shroff in the 1989 film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Patekar told that this change also happened because of Anil Kapoor.
Nana Patekar said, “You troubled me a lot during ‘Parinda’. Let me tell you, I was going to play the role of a brother in the film. We had even done rehearsals. Jackie was removed from me and taken in the film because of Anil. Was gone.”
He further added, “However, I would like to thank him, because had he not insisted on Jackie, I would not have got the role of ‘Anna’.”
Anil candidly said, “I may be wrong, but I felt Jackie would be the best choice for my brother’s role in ‘Parinda’.” He said it was nothing personal, he had just given a suggestion to the director, the final decision was the director’s.
To this Nana said, “But you were a star, of course he would have listened to you. However, Jackie did a good job in the film. He even won a Filmfare Award for his performance.”
Jackie Shroff and Madhuri Dixit were in lead roles with Anil Kapoor in ‘Parinda’. The film won two National Film Awards and many other awards.
‘Mr India’ actor Anil Kapoor also talked about ‘Hum Paanch’. He said, “I was the casting director in the film ‘Hum Paanch’ and during this time I did many strange things. Actually, I was in production, casting and also used to take the stars to the sets.
Kapoor humorously said, “I used to chase Naseeruddin Shah for the film. I have done all this. I had a big role in the casting of ‘Hum Paanch’.”
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