How Pankaj Dheer Ended Up Getting The Role Of Karna, Instead Of Arjun In Mahabharat ?
Explore the reasons behind BR Chopra's decision to turn down Pankaj Dheer for the iconic role of Arjun in Mahabharat. Delve into this captivating conversation with the actor in this exclusive Lehren interview.
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00:00 The word regret is not in my dictionary.
00:03 Salman is a kid in front of me.
00:05 He was small in Bandra.
00:08 Who would have thought that Salman Khan would become such a big hero?
00:12 The thing is that if you want to play the role of Brahm Nalla, you have to shave your moustache.
00:17 No sir, I won't shave my moustache.
00:18 So he said, "That's the door, get out of there and never come back."
00:22 Irrfan used to stand behind me in Chandrakanta.
00:25 If you see Chandrakanta, Irrfan didn't get any dialogue for 8 days.
00:29 It's very difficult to make a film in India right now.
00:32 The whole system has changed.
00:33 I think I'm a little behind in this regard.
00:36 Hello, I'm Rehan Hussain and you're watching Lehren.
00:38 We have with us the famous actor, Pankaj Dhir for an interview.
00:43 We'll talk to him about his journey, how he started his film career
00:50 and how he made a name for himself on the rise of fame.
00:54 Pankaj sir, first of all, welcome to Lehren.
00:57 Thank you very much.
00:58 You guys invited me here.
01:00 Thank you.
01:01 Sir, first of all, we would like to know where your family came from
01:06 and how you started in this industry.
01:09 Tell the audience a little about that.
01:11 It's a long story, I'll have to go back a long way.
01:14 My father is from Kasur.
01:18 Kasur is now in Pakistan.
01:21 There was only one country at that time, before partition.
01:28 He was born in Kasur, which is 20-25 km from Lahore.
01:34 My grandfather was an engineer in the British Railways.
01:45 He was posted in different places and all the children used to go with him.
01:51 He went to Dar es Salaam, Africa.
01:54 He wanted to put some rail lines there.
01:57 My father also went to Dar es Salaam.
01:59 He went to Tanzania.
02:01 At the age of 20-21, he felt that he wanted to join the film industry.
02:09 He took a water jet and headed towards India.
02:13 He reached Bombay in 1941.
02:17 He joined Rajkamal Kalamandir, which was a huge academy of Shantaram.
02:24 He graduated from there and became a director.
02:29 He made many beautiful films as a director and writer.
02:34 I'll tell you the names of some of his films.
02:37 Like Bahubeti, Rain Basera, Aakhari Raat, Zindagi.
02:43 He directed all these films at that time.
02:47 So, our family started with the film industry.
02:52 Then my uncle came.
02:57 His name was Sudarshan Dhir.
02:59 He became a very famous choreographer.
03:01 He was a very famous director.
03:05 He choreographed many films of Manoj Kumar and Nasir Hussain.
03:13 He also did a lot of ballet.
03:15 He was a very capable dancer.
03:19 After that, I came.
03:23 I had to come to the film industry.
03:29 My house was in Bandra.
03:36 It was a very old Parsi bungalow.
03:40 It had a few rooms.
03:42 One of the rooms was my house.
03:45 And the other room was Dilip Kumar's sister's house.
03:50 He used to come here on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
03:55 I can say that my childhood was spent in Dilip Kumar's lap.
04:01 Amanullah Khan's father was a writer of Mughal-e-Azam.
04:10 There were three writers of Mughal-e-Azam.
04:12 Wajahat Mirza, Akhtar Mirza and Amanullah Khan.
04:17 Since Amanullah Khan was writing Mughal-e-Azam at that time,
04:20 Qayasib was very popular.
04:22 Because of him, all the actors who came to Mumbai,
04:27 Dharamji, Shashi Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Sareem Khan,
04:34 Atul Agnihotri's father Rohit Agnihotri,
04:37 Sanjeev Kumar used to struggle.
04:42 Meena Kumari used to come and go a lot.
04:45 Bimal Roy's house was right in front of our house.
04:47 So, you can imagine that I grew up in such an environment.
04:52 Whereas, Balraj Saini, Kaif-e-Azmi,
04:57 and the great writers Rajendra Singh Bedi used to come to my house.
05:01 So, I had to join the film industry.
05:04 I joined in 1970 as an assistant.
05:08 I wanted to understand cinema first.
05:11 I wanted to study all the areas of cinema.
05:16 I joined Narendra Bedi, who was a very capable director of that time.
05:21 I assisted him in many films for many years.
05:26 As an assistant, I thought that I will become a director.
05:32 One day, I went to see the location.
05:34 I was already a director at the age of 21-22.
05:38 I was going to direct a very big film.
05:42 I was going to the location and Sareka ji came in the car.
05:49 She was going to the studio and she shook my hand.
05:52 I also shook her hand.
05:53 Her name was Meenu.
05:54 We used to call her Meenu.
05:56 After a while, her son came and said, "Come, I have called you upstairs."
06:00 I went upstairs and Sareka asked me, "What are you doing these days?"
06:03 I said, "I am going to direct a film."
06:06 She said, "I want you to be a hero in front of me."
06:09 I said, "I am making a film called Titli, in which I have a double role.
06:13 Raj Babbar, a new guy has come from Delhi.
06:16 He is a hero. You become the hero."
06:18 I said, "I am not trained as an actor in front of the camera.
06:25 I am trained as a director and a writer.
06:28 I will not be able to do this."
06:29 She said, "No, you do it."
06:30 She gave me the cheque and I became the hero.
06:33 I came home with that money.
06:36 The film started.
06:38 I thought, "This is the easiest job in the world."
06:42 After working for 17-18 days,
06:45 there was a disconnect between the producer and the director.
06:47 The director was Chandra Bharat, who made Don.
06:51 The film was stopped.
06:54 But during that time, I had signed 6-7 films as a hero.
06:58 When those films were completed and two of them were released,
07:02 both flopped.
07:04 One was Bekhabar, I still remember.
07:07 It was Kedar Kapoor's film.
07:08 That film did not work.
07:11 When the film flopped, I did not get the work.
07:15 I became an assistant director from a hero.
07:19 It was very difficult for me to come down.
07:23 Then I decided that I will not act anymore.
07:26 I will do what I know.
07:28 I started concentrating on that.
07:30 As an assistant, I started doing many things.
07:35 I used to do camera servicing.
07:38 I used to dub English films in Hindi.
07:43 I used to learn editing from Vaman Guru and Vaman Bhosle.
07:50 I used to learn how to edit a film.
07:53 I used to do all these things.
07:54 During this time, I met B.R. Chopra.
08:00 I was dubbing in his studio.
08:04 He asked me what I was doing.
08:07 I said I was dubbing.
08:09 He said come to his studio tomorrow.
08:11 I have work for you.
08:13 So you met him in Mahabharat.
08:16 Yes, when I went there,
08:18 there were 200-300 kids in the queue.
08:21 But before we move ahead,
08:23 we would like to talk about your childhood.
08:27 Your father's film was about Dharmendra and Geeta Bali.
08:31 Ek Chadar Maile Si.
08:34 It was not made for any reason.
08:36 The family never supported it.
08:38 You came forward and fought for Roji Roti.
08:43 Was there a lot of struggle?
08:45 No, that time was very...
08:47 I would say that no one should see that time.
08:51 What happened was that
08:53 a very big film was being made.
08:55 It was called Rano.
08:57 The base of the story was Ek Chadar Maile Si.
09:01 Like you said, Rajendra Singh Bedi's story was very good.
09:04 Later, the film was made with Hema and Rishi Kapoor.
09:08 In that, Geeta Bali and Dharam were in the lead role.
09:14 Geeta Bali and my father were both 50-50% producers.
09:18 My father was also a director.
09:21 There was 6-7 days of work left.
09:24 My father said, "Do the rest of the work. I am a housewife."
09:27 He said, "Complete the film.
09:29 We will do the remaining work later."
09:32 So, the whole film was made.
09:34 Everything was ready.
09:36 And...
09:38 It was bad luck.
09:40 I am talking about 1963.
09:43 They had a smallpox in Punjab.
09:47 The shooting was being done in Punjab.
09:49 They were brought to Mumbai from there.
09:52 But they could not recover.
09:54 And...
09:56 While dying, Geeta Bali took a promise from my father.
09:59 That, "This film will go with me."
10:02 And my father gave this promise to her.
10:06 Dilip Kumar came to our house.
10:08 Meena Kumari came to our house.
10:10 She explained to my father.
10:12 That, "Please, we will stop the film."
10:14 Dilip Kumar said, "I will come on screen."
10:16 "I will say that such and such incident has happened."
10:18 "And you accept Meena Kumari in this role."
10:21 "The remaining work is left."
10:23 "And you make this film. Don't leave it like this."
10:26 My father said, "No, I have given the promise."
10:29 "This film will go with Geeta."
10:31 So, whatever money was spent.
10:33 Whatever everything was spent.
10:35 You can think of everything.
10:37 That, till the end of that time.
10:39 All of that was destroyed.
10:42 It was lost.
10:44 And my father went into a strange shell.
10:47 Now, you can call it good quality.
10:51 Or bad quality.
10:52 Or bad business.
10:53 Or good business.
10:54 I don't want to comment on that.
10:57 But, this happened.
10:59 Because of this, our whole family was in a lot of pain.
11:05 And, we were all small.
11:09 It was a little difficult.
11:11 My younger brother was studying in school.
11:16 He was younger than me.
11:17 He had to spend money on household expenses.
11:19 So, I started working at a very young age.
11:22 That, I have to support my family.
11:26 I have to look after them.
11:28 It was my responsibility.
11:30 So, this happened.
11:32 And, it was a very difficult time.
11:35 It was gone.
11:36 So, after that time, your father didn't produce any film?
11:39 No, after that he made a film.
11:42 He made a film.
11:43 It was called Alingan.
11:45 It had Romesh Sharma and Zahira.
11:47 He made that film.
11:48 Then, he made a Gujarati film.
11:50 It was called Mari Hel Uttaro Raj.
11:52 That was also a very successful film.
11:54 And, then he used to make documentaries for Tata's.
11:58 We made a lot of documentaries.
12:00 In-house films, which are called Tata's.
12:04 So, this work started later.
12:07 But, then he died in 1984.
12:09 He was very young.
12:10 He died.
12:12 So, after that, I had to look after my family.
12:16 Which I feel was okay.
12:19 At a young age, you were managing both work and studies.
12:23 Yes, correct.
12:24 It was difficult.
12:26 Actually, like I told you, this shouldn't happen to anyone.
12:33 Yes.
12:34 In fact, it shouldn't happen in today's time.
12:37 Because, today's time is,
12:39 what do you call it,
12:42 the age of expertise.
12:44 Today, you will say, someone has done B.Com, or B.A.
12:48 or M.A.
12:49 It doesn't matter.
12:51 You will have to be a specified, skillful worker.
12:55 The field you take up.
12:57 So, if it happens to anyone, it becomes very difficult.
13:00 So, I just say, brother,
13:03 be good to everyone.
13:05 Whatever happened to me.
13:07 But, everyone has their own story, their own struggles.
13:10 There is no harm in that.
13:12 And, there should be no danger.
13:13 It's part of life.
13:15 I don't believe that I should have any sympathy for that.
13:18 No.
13:19 That was my part of my struggle.
13:21 It happened, it happened.
13:22 I have to salute it and move ahead.
13:24 So, when you started working in films,
13:26 one of your films was Sookha, and then Poonam.
13:29 Sookha, the name of the film you took.
13:31 I will tell you about it.
13:33 M.S. Satyu,
13:34 who was the producer and director.
13:36 I was the production controller of that film.
13:38 I was the production manager and controller.
13:41 I used to handle all the work of Satyu.
13:43 So, I got a role like that.
13:45 I didn't get any actor there.
13:46 He said, "Mr. Pankaj, you do it."
13:48 I said, "Okay, I will do it."
13:49 Anant Nag was the hero.
13:50 I still remember.
13:51 It was being made in two languages.
13:53 Kannada and Hindi.
13:55 In Kannada, his name was Bara.
13:57 So, I did the film like that.
14:00 It was more of, "Satyu is my friend.
14:05 I did it for him."
14:07 There was no specific…
14:09 So, as a hero, your film, Mera Suhaag…
14:11 I produced Mera Suhaag myself.
14:14 After my father's death.
14:16 In 1985, that film was made.
14:19 In that, Rati Agnihotri was the heroine.
14:21 Deepthi Nawal was there.
14:23 Saurabh Sampat was there.
14:24 That film was good.
14:26 I produced it myself.
14:28 But, like I said to you,
14:31 In this industry,
14:35 The most important thing,
14:37 Which I understand,
14:39 That is luck.
14:42 You can call it fate.
14:46 You can call it destiny.
14:49 You can call it fortune.
14:51 This is very important.
14:52 Everyone gets work.
14:54 It's not like that.
14:55 There are many kids who get good jobs.
14:57 But,
14:58 But, you need this.
15:00 Which is called,
15:01 The right film at the right time,
15:03 At the right moment,
15:04 At the right release.
15:05 This didn't happen with me.
15:08 So, anyway.
15:09 There is no problem in that.
15:11 If not, then no.
15:12 So, I took a different path.
15:14 Maybe that was the reason,
15:15 That you later learned editing.
15:18 I didn't learn all that.
15:19 I still tell you,
15:21 That I am a cinema student.
15:23 I am still learning.
15:24 Learning never ends.
15:26 I, today,
15:27 Like, the times change,
15:28 The generations change,
15:29 We also have to change our mindset,
15:31 We have to change our thinking.
15:32 So, I am doing that.
15:34 And, even today,
15:35 If I say that I go on set,
15:37 Or meet a youngster,
15:39 Or whoever it is,
15:40 I am learning from them.
15:42 And, this learning should never end.
15:44 The day it ends,
15:45 The end.
15:47 So, when Mahabharat sir was offered to you,
15:50 You were given the role of Arjun.
15:52 So, because of the sprain,
15:53 You gave up that role.
15:55 That,
15:56 It was like,
15:58 When I gave my audition,
16:01 So, Rahim Asum Raza,
16:02 At that time,
16:03 He was a dialogue writer,
16:05 Bhring Tupkari sir,
16:06 And Pandit Narendra Sharma ji,
16:08 They all had a big panel.
16:10 They all thought that I, Arjun,
16:12 Would look very good.
16:14 So, they said,
16:15 Sir, you become Arjun.
16:16 They shook hands,
16:17 They made a contract,
16:18 Everyone was praised.
16:19 Everything was done.
16:20 In 2-3 months,
16:21 I kept roaming around like Arjun in Bombay.
16:23 In the 3rd month,
16:25 Chopra sir called me to his office,
16:27 And said,
16:28 Barkhurdar, the thing is,
16:30 That you have to play the role of Brahm Nalla,
16:33 And you have to cut your moustache.
16:35 So, I said,
16:36 Sir, I can't do this.
16:37 He said,
16:38 Why?
16:39 I said,
16:40 Sir, my face's balance is such,
16:41 That if I remove my moustache,
16:43 It won't look good.
16:45 He said,
16:46 You are an actor,
16:47 What's the big deal?
16:48 Such a big role for a moustache?
16:49 I don't understand.
16:50 I said,
16:51 I'll cut it.
16:52 So,
16:53 He was very disappointed.
16:55 And,
16:56 It was a big stupidity from my side,
16:59 As an actor,
17:00 What is a moustache?
17:02 But,
17:03 At that time,
17:04 I was understanding that,
17:05 So,
17:06 He said,
17:07 That's the door,
17:08 Get out of there,
17:09 And never come back here.
17:10 He threw me out of the office.
17:11 As soon as I went out,
17:14 Everyone started meeting me,
17:15 And said,
17:16 What are you doing?
17:17 It's just a moustache,
17:18 It's a 15-20 day portion,
17:20 You'll get a moustache.
17:22 I said,
17:23 No, I won't do it.
17:24 For 6 months,
17:25 I was thrown out,
17:26 The contract was torn,
17:27 I kept roaming,
17:28 And kept dubbing.
17:30 Now,
17:33 This is the destiny,
17:34 To which I said,
17:35 Mr. Chopra called again,
17:36 Come to the office,
17:37 You'll do Karan's role.
17:39 I said,
17:40 Sir,
17:41 I won't have to cut the moustache.
17:42 He said,
17:43 No,
17:44 We'll do it, sir.
17:45 We'll definitely do it.
17:46 So,
17:47 It was destiny,
17:48 That I had to get Karan's role.
17:49 And,
17:50 It's history,
17:51 Till today,
17:52 People have given so much love,
17:54 That,
17:55 The children's school books,
17:57 Which has Karan's chapter,
17:58 My face,
17:59 My face is shown.
18:01 What could be a bigger thing than this?
18:03 You were the most popular among the people,
18:05 At that time.
18:06 Yes,
18:07 When Mahabharata came,
18:09 I still remember,
18:10 There used to be a popularity poll,
18:12 In those days,
18:13 So,
18:14 In that,
18:15 Rajiv Gandhi,
18:16 Amitabh Bachchan,
18:17 My third name used to be there.
18:19 In the entire village,
18:21 In any corner of India,
18:23 People used to love me.
18:25 I have seen that time too.
18:27 It was great.
18:28 So, how do you see that time, sir?
18:29 Like,
18:30 The first Ramayana came,
18:31 In Kharghar,
18:32 It was seen on TV.
18:33 People used to be in a state of out of control.
18:35 They used to wait for every Sunday.
18:36 See,
18:37 The two texts,
18:38 Basically,
18:39 Ramayana and Mahabharata,
18:40 This,
18:41 Is the foundation of our cultural heritage.
18:44 Yes,
18:45 It is the base of our culture.
18:47 If you talk about this country,
18:49 So,
18:50 It was very important,
18:52 That it should be seen.
18:54 Films were made earlier,
18:56 But,
18:57 The Ramayana which Sagar sir made,
18:58 And the Mahabharata which Chopra sir made,
19:00 There were many capable people in it,
19:03 And the content was so good,
19:05 That,
19:07 People still remember it after 40 years.
19:09 Yes,
19:10 Many people may not know my real name.
19:12 But,
19:13 They will definitely say that this is Karan.
19:15 So,
19:16 This impact is not there in today's date.
19:18 Because,
19:19 This content,
19:20 Is difficult to get.
19:22 And,
19:23 I will say that,
19:24 Our heritage,
19:25 Our culture,
19:26 Our history,
19:28 There are so many wonderful stories in it.
19:30 If we take it out today,
19:32 And make it based on it,
19:34 Then,
19:35 It can be world class.
19:36 But,
19:37 We are making some strange shows these days.
19:40 I don't understand what is happening.
19:42 I am not complaining,
19:44 But,
19:45 The environment is strange.
19:47 Yes.
19:48 The environment of TV has become very bad.
19:52 OTT had come,
19:54 I thought it would be good.
19:56 But,
19:57 It has become the same.
19:58 Abusing,
19:59 Some strange scenes,
20:01 They are not necessary.
20:03 But,
20:04 The character of Karan,
20:05 When you were offered,
20:06 Or when you were playing,
20:08 Did you have that much knowledge about Karan?
20:11 Or,
20:12 Did you later find out,
20:13 That this character of Karan,
20:15 Is the most powerful?
20:16 No, I didn't have that much knowledge.
20:17 Like Indian mind?
20:18 I didn't have that much knowledge.
20:21 I was a boy from Bombay.
20:22 I was an English medium student.
20:24 I didn't know a word of Sanskrit.
20:26 So,
20:27 When I was given the dialogue for the first time,
20:29 I was very nervous.
20:30 So, I went to Mr. Rai.
20:31 I asked,
20:32 What should I do?
20:33 He said,
20:34 Do one thing,
20:35 There is a Hindi paper in Bharat Times,
20:37 Read it loudly at home,
20:39 So that,
20:40 Your vocabulary opens up.
20:42 So that you can practice.
20:43 Yes, so that you can practice words.
20:45 So, I started that.
20:47 And, secondly,
20:48 There were some books.
20:50 Like,
20:51 Rashmi Rati,
20:52 And,
20:53 One by Mrityunjay,
20:54 By Shivaji Sawant.
20:55 He said,
20:56 Read this.
20:57 I read it.
20:58 So,
20:59 The things that came out of that,
21:02 After that,
21:03 I thought,
21:04 Look,
21:05 So,
21:06 Now,
21:07 My job is to paint this.
21:09 The character.
21:10 How he will walk,
21:11 How he will stand,
21:12 How he will sit in the middle of people,
21:14 What will be his way of talking.
21:16 So,
21:18 We didn't have those,
21:20 What do you call them,
21:21 Abs,
21:22 Abs,
21:23 Because,
21:24 In those days,
21:25 There were no gyms.
21:26 There were only wrestling stands,
21:27 Where we used to go.
21:29 So,
21:30 There are two or three things,
21:32 Maybe you people haven't noticed,
21:34 But,
21:35 I will tell you today,
21:36 If you see Mahabharat,
21:37 I have never blinked my eyes,
21:39 At all.
21:40 Whenever I have played the role of Karan.
21:42 Because,
21:43 One reason for that was,
21:44 Karan was a soot patra,
21:46 That is,
21:47 He was a low caste.
21:48 Now,
21:49 When he sits in the middle of kings and kings,
21:50 He will be very conscious.
21:51 Yes.
21:52 If he is conscious,
21:53 He will not blink his eyes.
21:54 So,
21:55 That was a very impactful,
21:57 My physical thing,
21:59 As an actor.
22:01 The second thing was,
22:02 That on both my sides,
22:03 There were very loud characters,
22:04 Duryodhan and Shaguni.
22:06 They used to shout so loudly,
22:07 That I thought,
22:08 If I also shout,
22:09 Then,
22:10 This will become a market.
22:11 So,
22:12 I underplayed the whole role.
22:14 Intentionally.
22:17 So,
22:18 By underplaying,
22:19 The role was played.
22:20 And,
22:21 People started to feel sympathy.
22:23 So,
22:24 I did these things,
22:26 By myself.
22:28 Which,
22:29 I can very proudly say,
22:30 That this is my contribution,
22:31 As an actor.
22:32 You played the role,
22:33 With a lot of intensity.
22:34 And,
22:35 People gave love to your character.
22:37 It is said that,
22:38 When the scene of Karan's death,
22:40 Was broadcasted,
22:41 And after that,
22:42 People started to miss,
22:43 That Karan,
22:44 Was not seen.
22:45 Then,
22:46 I read somewhere,
22:47 That in MP,
22:48 You were called,
22:49 And you went to a village.
22:50 So,
22:51 How was that?
22:52 That was,
22:53 Like,
22:54 Karan,
22:55 The character,
22:56 Dies.
22:57 Yes.
22:58 So,
22:59 At that time,
23:00 The Chief Minister of,
23:01 Madhya Pradesh,
23:02 Arjun Singh Ji,
23:03 Yes.
23:04 He got a desperate call,
23:05 From Mr. Chopra,
23:06 That,
23:07 Where is Karan?
23:08 Yes.
23:09 He said,
23:10 What happened?
23:11 He said,
23:12 No,
23:13 It is like this,
23:14 In Bastar district,
23:15 There are tribals,
23:16 So,
23:17 Mr. Karan,
23:18 Will have to be sent there.
23:19 So,
23:20 I was sent to Bhopal,
23:21 From Bhopal,
23:22 By helicopter.
23:23 When I went there,
23:24 What I see is,
23:25 That,
23:26 At least,
23:27 5-7 thousand people,
23:28 Were lying on the ground,
23:30 In the form of,
23:31 Sastang Namaskar,
23:32 And everyone cut their hair,
23:33 That,
23:34 Karan is dead.
23:35 I was shaking,
23:36 Like,
23:37 This also happens,
23:38 In our country.
23:39 And,
23:40 They weighed me,
23:41 In silver,
23:42 And,
23:43 They were,
23:44 Just looking at me,
23:45 Like this.
23:46 So,
23:47 I said,
23:48 No,
23:49 I am fine.
23:50 There is a death in the serial,
23:51 I will see,
23:52 I will touch,
23:53 And then,
23:54 They calmed down.
23:55 So,
23:56 I went there,
23:57 And they calmed down.
23:58 So,
23:59 All these things,
24:00 That happened,
24:01 In those times.
24:02 In some places,
24:03 Karan has built a temple,
24:04 Yes,
24:05 He has built a temple,
24:06 Somewhere.
24:07 Now,
24:08 It is like this,
24:09 Sir,
24:10 When,
24:11 Things work,
24:12 Then,
24:13 Many things,
24:14 Get connected with it.
24:15 But,
24:16 That was the time,
24:17 Now,
24:18 This is also the time.
24:19 Okay,
24:20 Sir,
24:21 If we talk about,
24:22 Other than Mahabharata,
24:23 Do you have any other serial,
24:24 Which has,
24:25 Chandrakanta's name,
24:26 In it?
24:27 Yes,
24:28 The Great Maratha,
24:29 That is also,
24:30 Very good.
24:31 So,
24:32 If we talk about,
24:33 Chandrakanta,
24:34 Because,
24:35 That is,
24:36 Full of suspense,
24:37 In every place.
24:38 Chandrakanta,
24:39 Is a fantastic,
24:40 Fantasy subject.
24:41 Yes.
24:42 You had to shoot,
24:43 With snakes.
24:44 Yes,
24:45 There were hundreds of snakes,
24:46 Daily,
24:47 In the morning,
24:48 Someone is going from here,
24:49 Someone is going from there,
24:50 On a naked body,
24:51 There were snakes,
24:52 It was a world.
24:53 So,
24:54 It was not an easy shooting,
24:55 Because,
24:56 There was fever,
24:57 Because,
24:58 You had to hold the snakes,
24:59 And there were,
25:00 Big cobras,
25:01 And snakes,
25:02 But,
25:03 That experience,
25:04 Of Chandrakanta,
25:05 I consider myself,
25:06 Very fortunate,
25:07 That I got to do,
25:08 That role,
25:09 Because,
25:10 There was so much variety,
25:11 There was so much,
25:12 It was like,
25:13 I have done,
25:14 300 films,
25:15 After doing that,
25:16 Because,
25:17 I did so much,
25:18 In that,
25:19 I fought,
25:20 With a lion,
25:21 I fought with an elephant,
25:22 I fought with a crocodile,
25:23 I fought with a crocodile,
25:24 I fought with a crocodile,
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26:30 I fought with a crocodile,
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26:32 I fought with a crocodile,
26:33 I fought with a crocodile,
26:34 I fought with a crocodile,
26:35 I fought with a crocodile,
26:36 I fought with a crocodile,
26:37 I fought with a crocodile,
26:38 I fought with a crocodile,
26:39 I fought with a crocodile,
26:40 I fought with a crocodile,
26:41 I fought with a crocodile,
26:42 I fought with a crocodile,
26:43 I fought with a crocodile,
26:44 I fought with a crocodile,
26:45 I fought with a crocodile,
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27:02 - Brilliance.
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32:33 So it is, again, luck.
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