Salman Khan came 10 hours late for Jaanam Samjha Karo shoot, co ...
Salman Khan was 10 hours late for Jaanam Samjha Karo shoot.
Actor Grusha Kapoor, who was recently seen in the film Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, recalled an anecdote about working with Salman Khan in the 1999 film Jaanam Samjha Karo. Grusha had a small role in the movie, and she recalled that the unit waited for Salman Khan for over 10 hours one time. Even after Salman showed up, he starting chit-chatting with the director, leading to more delay. In a chat with YouTuber Siddharth Kannan, Grusha recalled this incident as something “funny.”
The film also starred Urmila Matondkar, and Grusha recalled that she was called to Madh Island for a 9 am shift, for which she reached the location at 8:30 am. By this time, all the other cast members, including Urmila, were also there. “Now all the angles were done, whatever we could do without Salman. Salman was still not there. In the evening, at around 7 or 8 pm, Salman came,” she recalled.
Salman had delivered massive hits such as Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Judwaa, among many, others but Grusha wasn’t aware of his stardom. “I’ll tell you, ignorance is bliss. I was completely oblivious to the fact that who Salman Khan is as a… because I belong to TV. And there was no social media back then. Back then we knew that this actor is big because he had a hit movie. We knew that he is a hero. Now social media has inflated everything,” she said.
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Grusha said that by the time Salman arrived on set, the rest of them were tired as they had been there since the morning. “We were tired by this point. We were TV actors and we had been there since 8:30 am and we were supposed to pack up at 9 pm. After Salman came, we learnt that the scene would happen. Salman was very nice to everyone, greeted everyone,” she recalled.
Grusha said that Salman was sitting on a sofa with director Andaleb Sultanpuri. They had been chatting for a while, and that’s when Grusha started losing patience. “He was sitting on the sofa in a ganji and jeans and he was talking to the director. Suddenly I realised that they have been discussing this scene for far too long. I thought, ‘What is this great scene that is about happen’? Me being me, there was no fear, I had nothing to lose. I just turned and snapped at the director, ‘What are we waiting for? It’s almost 9 pm’.”
Grusha recalled how Salman reacted to this, and said, “Salman was sitting right there and he just looked at me and (looked away) and said ‘Haan, meri costume le aao. Chaliye ma’am scene karte hain’. I got up and I did the scene. I thought I have made it easy for the director. No one could gather the courage to tell Salman that the shot has been ready for five hours. I don’t think this was Salman’s fault. I feel that when the director is more capable than the actor, they can control everything.”
Grusha was also seen in Homi Adajania’s Murder Mubarak recently.
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