In the upcoming episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, choreographer-director-producer Farah Khan will share a very interesting fact about her first film, Main Hoon Na. She revealed that Suniel Shetty was actually the last actor who was locked to play the role of a villain in the movie. She had initially approached acclaimed actors from Indian cinema such as Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar and Kamal Haasan to play the part.
Apparently, when Kapil Sharma asked Farah to elaborate her reason behind casting Suniel Shetty, Farah said that her first choice was always Naseeruddin Shah but he declined the role stating that he couldn’t stick around for so many days. Hence, she cast him as Shahrukh Khan’s father and then, she went and met Kamal Haasan Sir in Chennai and stayed there for a day. She also narrated the script to Kamal Haasan who eventually declined. Not stopping at that, she approached Nana Patekar who liked the script but made a few edits in the script followed by writing a few more scenes which she happily included in the film. But then again, Nana too declined the role.
Not the one to give up, Farah then went to Suniel Shetty, thinking that taking an actor in villain’s role would be new and a person like him will do justice to the character. Finally, Suniel who agreed to do the film by only listening to the first half of the film was finally cast as the villain. His role in the movie was well appreciated to an effect that he was flooded with offers to play a villain in other movies.
Further, in the show, Farah also spoke about her equation with Shahrukh Khan and how their friendship journey started during the outdoor shoot of Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.
(Source: PeepingMoon)
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