Showing posts with label Rekha Prakash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rekha Prakash. Show all posts
During Gupt, I never thought of things like ‘the heroine has a stronger role than me’-Bobby Deol
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Bobby Deol takes a walk down memory lane as Gupt clocks 25 years of release
Rishabh Suri (HINDUSTAN TIMES; July 4, 2022)
Released in 1997, Gupt surprised viewers with its twist, minted money, and went on to cement its lead cast’s popularity, including actor Bobby Deol’s. No surprise then that the film, which clocks 25 years today, remains special to him. His co-star, Kajol, was the film’s villain, a reveal nobody saw coming. Ask if he was apprehensive knowing she’d walk away with the most attention, and he says, “I never thought of things like ‘the heroine has a stronger role than me’.”
Recalling his fun experience with the film, he says, “I danced so much for the first time, the action was amazing. Those kinds of subjects had never been made.”
The movie’s songs, especially Duniya Haseenon Ka Mela and Gupt Gupt, were a rage. And the makers didn’t leave any stone unturned to capitalize on it. Deol reveals how director Rajiv Rai came up with a promotional strategy which he claims no one before, and after Gupt, has emulated. “He booked a music channel, and for 24 hours, it had no other film ads or commercials. Only our songs played,” shares Deol, 53.
A lot of sweat, literally, went into shooting for the songs, as he recalls, “There was no air conditioning in studios then. I had to rehearse so much to get the steps of Duniya Haseenon Ka Mela right, and I’d be drenched in sweat by the end of it, causing visible patches. I changed eight-nine pairs of jeans for that track.”
He also shares how his famous dance steps came about: “I broke my leg shooting for Barsaat (1995), and did Gupt immediately after that. So, choreographers Chinni and Rekha Prakash ji came up with the hand movements, which became popular as ‘Bobby Deol’s style’!”
I was just 17; had never even hugged a boy before this, says Shilpa Shetty about her first day at shoot on Baazigar sets
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As told to Ankita Chaurasia (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 20, 2020)
The first film I shot for was Gaata Rahe Mera Dil. Ronit Roy, who was a big name at the time after Jaan Tere Naam, and his brother Rohit, were my co-stars and I had shot for my introduction scene with the latter. The makers had announced my debut with a huge close-up picture in a trade paper. But the film never saw the light of the day. However, my picture got noticed and landed me Baazigar opposite Shah Rukh Khan, who I had been a fan of since his Fauji days.
The first time I faced the camera was for the song, “Aye Mere Humsafar”. Other unit members had all carried duvet covers and bedsheets from their hotel rooms to the location. It was eight degrees in Igatpuri and I was shivering in a flimsy salwar kameez because I had no idea it was going to get so cold.
I was just 17 then, straight out of college, and though a lot of boys liked me, I hadn’t even hugged one before. I was really innocent, but luckily, the song required me to look nervous, so it worked.
I didn’t even know how to lip-sync and was standing with my back to the camera for my first scene. Rekha Chinni Prakash, the choreographer, kept screaming “Cut” and telling me my hair was obstructing the shot. Thank God for Shah Rukh, who took me aside and told me that the camera is my audience so even though I was giving beautiful expressions, no one could see. That bit of advice has stayed with me.
Honestly, I didn’t think I would last this long. Looking back, I think I got the hang of acting only after Dhadkan. Working with (director) Dharmesh Darshan and then, Revathi in Phir Milenge made me fall in love with cinema and the art of acting. Before that, I was just having fun. And had started commanding a high price from my second film itself. After the Main Khiladi Tu Anari chartbuster, “Churake Dil Mera”, I hit the jackpot. I didn’t come from a filmy background, so it was all about buying a car and a bigger house. Thankfully, the audience was much more forgiving back then. When I see my hair and makeup in old movies, I want to hide under the chair.
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