00:00 There are a whole lot of these small small stories about you
00:03 I want to know which of them is true and which of them is not
00:07 All are 100% true and all are 100% false
00:10 Tell me about Akshay Kumar
00:15 Because you guys seem to get along like a house on fire
00:19 I have known him the longest I have known anyone in the film industry
00:23 I have known Akshay Kumar since 1986
00:26 When we were in Madhumati class
00:28 I was passing out and he was very young
00:31 He had just come out of school and had come to train
00:34 So like we teach seniors and juniors
00:39 Teachers teach later
00:41 So whatever we taught him, dancing, dancing
00:46 We used to only train him, the students used to train him
00:49 So he once said in an interview that
00:52 Whatever I learnt initially was through Chunky Patni
00:56 And it was so wrong that it didn't work in my film
00:59 And then I decided to change
01:02 And whatever Chunky Patni taught me, I unlearned it
01:06 And I learnt something else
01:08 And I became Akshay Kumar and I loved that
01:11 Because of course he came and his first few films
01:14 But you know, when I saw Akshay Kumar for the first time
01:19 I knew he is a star, even as a kid
01:21 Sometimes you get to know
01:23 What is it about him that you feel?
01:26 I just, you get that vibe
01:28 I have seen that in a lot of people
01:30 I mean I have been 99% of the times right
01:34 But I have seen so many first-timers
01:37 And you kind of know
01:38 What do you feel about Ahaan, your nephew?
01:41 And I will be biased, he is my nephew
01:43 But even other
01:44 He is a born star
01:45 Born star, okay
01:47 Very good looking boy
01:48 Superstar, he has got that confidence, the aura
01:52 And a niceness
01:54 And a niceness, he is a very good kid
01:55 So that was the great
01:57 Akshay Kumar, so that has continued
02:00 You guys have a
02:01 We didn't work for a long time
02:03 And then finally we ended up doing Housefull
02:05 And what a blast we had doing
02:07 Before Housefull, we did this
02:10 De Dhana Dhan
02:11 Oh my god!
02:12 Where I made Noni Chadda, Priyadarshan's film
02:15 And it was a very funny film
02:18 Very very funny character
02:20 Paresh Rawal was my daddy in the film
02:23 I had shot in Singapore
02:25 You know the whole water tank breaks in the hotel
02:28 But we get along with a house
02:30 Like a house on fire
02:31 He is too good
02:32 And now Ananya is also doing a film with him
02:35 So I am so excited for her
02:38 That she is getting a chance to work with him
02:40 It's a very interesting film
02:42 So yeah that was Mr. Akshay Kumar
02:45 But he is like
02:47 I will tell you on the sets
02:49 It's such a pleasure to have him
02:51 Because he improvises so much
02:54 And he improvises for everyone which is good
02:57 It's not only for himself
02:59 So he really likes to create and make scenes
03:02 Which is lot of fun
03:03 And it's great to see an actor doing that
03:05 You know you feel like giving more
03:07 So that's why if you see all these Housefulls
03:09 And all why there is so much Tamasha
03:11 Akshay is a very big contributor to that
03:13 So is Ritesh, so is Sajid Khan of course the director
03:17 And then Sajid Nadiatwala who is the producer
03:19 He also jumps into the frame
03:21 He also has a wacky sense of humour
03:23 So it's all, you know that energy
03:25 Do you also contribute?
03:27 I don't need to, I have got so much talent contributing
03:30 Tell me what should I say
03:32 Okay
03:33 Salman Khan also
03:35 You have a great equation with him
03:37 Yes, oh my god
03:38 I mean he is like a kid from our street
03:40 He is down the road
03:42 Galaxy Apartments, I have known him
03:44 Since I think forever
03:46 And then Seema was once married to Sohail
03:48 That was much much much much later
03:50 But of course again like Shahrukh
03:52 I have seen this guy grow from
03:54 You know
03:56 I remember he had done a film with Rekha
03:58 Yes, yes he had done a film
04:00 Suddenly came Mene Pyar Ke
04:02 And he just became the sensation of the
04:04 Nation of the world
04:06 And just grew from strength to strength
04:08 And he has had so many of these phases in his life
04:10 But I guess every actor goes through it
04:12 So yeah there is this story which
04:14 Akshay Kumar tells everyone only
04:16 Salman also sometimes tells
04:18 Everyone about the
04:20 Where we had gone to South Africa
04:22 For a show
04:24 And I told him
04:26 Let's go for shopping
04:28 And I will
04:30 Get you free jeans
04:32 So we went shopping to a mall
04:34 And I gave him
04:36 Free jeans, shoes
04:38 And later he came to know
04:40 That I had taken 50,000 dollars from the shopkeeper
04:42 To get Salman Khan
04:44 (Laughter)
04:46 To bring Salman to the show
04:48 Of course they would have been
04:50 Salman is worth much more
04:52 But I mean like
04:54 And I ate all the 50,000 dollars
04:56 So now I will tell you
04:58 There is truth to that
05:00 That the shopkeeper did pay 50,000 dollars
05:02 But he paid 50,000 dollars
05:04 For sponsorship of the show
05:06 He was a sponsor
05:08 And the deal was that you have to get Salman Khan
05:10 To visit also
05:12 That was the background
05:14 So what Salman is saying is the truth
05:16 But not quite in the same way
05:18 It's also a back story
05:20 Of course
05:22 And is it true that Salman was signed for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
05:24 From your house that Karan saw him there
05:26 So I believe
05:28 I heard in Karan Johar's interview
05:30 That they met at my place
05:32 Somewhere and signed
05:34 So lot of things have happened
05:36 Lot of couples have met in my
05:38 Seema and Sohail met at my
05:40 Gulshan Grover met his ex wife
05:42 At my place, Bobby met Tanya here
05:44 So yeah
05:46 Sajid Khan signed Bobby Deol
05:48 For Housefull 4
05:50 And that night they had come for my birthday
05:52 Or something and they spoke about it
05:54 So they have been like my house has been
05:56 A meeting place for lot of people
05:58 And lot of things that have happened
06:00 And your first co-star Neelam
06:02 Is it true that she fell
06:04 Off the bike when you were
06:06 Shooting your first film with her
06:08 So okay
06:10 For my first film I had to
06:12 Tell a couple of lies because
06:14 Nilani asked me if I know how to ride a horse
06:16 I said sir I have won
06:18 The derby of last year
06:20 I had not seen a horse before
06:22 So you know how to ride a bike
06:24 Sir I am evil cannibal
06:26 I ride a bike
06:28 And that's what happened
06:30 I couldn't ride the bike well
06:32 So I took up full speed
06:34 Tried to do a wheelie and fell
06:36 And she got hurt because she was in a frock
06:38 I got saved because she was wearing jeans
06:40 And the silencer burnt her leg
06:42 So yeah it was quite
06:44 Okay okay so it was a fiery experience
06:46 Yeah fiery
06:48 Aghiyaag
06:50 And Aghiyaag
06:52 I believe Pelaj Nilani
06:54 Saw you in a washroom
06:56 And that's how you became an actor
06:58 In the bathroom of Holiday Inn
07:00 I wore a churidar kurta
07:02 I wanted to be like Amitabh Bachchan
07:04 But that day Amitji joined politics
07:06 So he was wearing a churidar kurta
07:08 And my problem is
07:10 I can tie a knot but can't untie it
07:12 I came in first place
07:14 And I was shouting in the bathroom
07:16 Someone untie my knot
07:18 No one was ready to help
07:20 Suddenly Pelaj said
07:22 I will help you
07:24 He didn't know who you were
07:26 I didn't know who he was
07:28 There was no social media
07:30 And he is a producer
07:32 So then I asked him
07:34 I said I had a lot of beer
07:36 I had a lot of beer
07:38 He also had a few
07:40 I said sir what do you do
07:42 I just made a movie with Govinda
07:44 He said oh god
07:46 I said what do you do
07:48 I am a model and I want to be an actor
07:50 You come to my office tomorrow morning
07:52 That's how it happened
07:54 And before that I was struggling for 3 years
07:56 I didn't get any film
07:58 I was shortlisted in high bar films
08:00 Which Aditya Pancholi got
08:02 Then I
08:04 I was shortlisted for Abhimanyu's role
08:06 In Mahabharat
08:10 Yes in Mahabharat
08:12 In B.R. Chopra's office
08:14 In fact I couldn't do that
08:16 Then I finally did an ad film with him
08:18 I was trying for a long time
08:20 Then I was
08:22 I gave screen tests for B. Subhash
08:24 In Rajshriya office
08:28 After 3 years I got my film
08:30 And that also by fluke
08:32 Thanks to your NADA
08:34 Thanks to my NADA
08:36 If I didn't go to the bathroom
08:38 You might have interviewed someone else
08:40 That's the beauty of the film industry
08:46 What happens
08:48 We are here just to
08:50 Tell beautiful stories
08:52 But that's the beauty of life
08:56 That's how we became from animals to humans
08:58 Because we could tell stories
09:00 No other animal can tell a story
09:02 So yeah
09:04 So yeah
09:06 (upbeat music)
09:09 you
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