Sunny Deol is known for his powerful dialogue delivery and impressive screen presence. But, actors have often been making fun of their dance in films. Recently, Pankaj Parashar recalled how once during the shooting of a dance song in his film Chaalbaaz, Sunny Deol had left to go to the bathroom but later disappeared from the set. She also shared that Sridevi kept asking about the hero until the actor returned two hours later.
In a new interview with Siddharth Kannan, Pankaj Parashar shares entertaining insights from the shooting of his popular film Chaalbaaz. The filmmaker shared that he had just three days to complete the shooting of the film’s popular song, Na Jaane Kahan Se because of the threat of a possible strike in the industry.
He shared that Sridevi, who played a dual role in the film, asked him to develop something visually unique and he worked on the storyboard for it. Although the actress was impressed with the vision, it put pressure on choreographer Saroj Khan to complete it. As a result, during the discussion, Parashar shared with Khan that he should make lead actor Sunny Deol dance in the film.
But, later when he showed the dance steps to Sunny Deol, he went to the bathroom and did not return till two hours later. “He looked at the stairs and said, ‘I’ll be right back from the bathroom,'” the filmmaker recalled. He never came back, there was no trace of him for two hours.”
When asked if the actors were scared of the dance steps, the filmmaker agreed and said that Sridevi was waiting, and everyone was wondering where the lead actor was. However, when Deol came back, it had completely changed.
“Then he came back and did it. To this day I don’t know where he went. There was no trace of him for two hours. We all waited. But he did it. And the whole unit applauded.” Pankaj said. He also refuted claims that Sunny was unhappy with his limited screen time in the film and mentioned that the actor was disciplined about his work.
The director of Jalwa also praised Sridevi’s approach towards the work and said that she shot the dance sequence when she was suffering from fever and already felt that the song would be iconic.
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