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Saira Banu recalls the time Shammi Kapoor shouted at her in front of a crowd, making her cry even harder. “I pulled up my dupatta…” Bollywood News

Saira Banu recently took to social media to share an anecdote about Shammi Kapoor on the sets of Subodh Mukherji’s Jungle, which marked Bhanu’s Hindi film debut.

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Veteran actor Saira Banu’s Instagram account has become a favorite of movie buffs and Bollywood fans. She frequently shares her never-before-seen stories and anecdotes about legendary celebrities of yesteryear, and frequently shares her experiences collaborating with some of the industry’s biggest icons.

Lately, she has been actively sharing stories about Shammi Kapoor, the lead actor in Subodh Mukherji’s Jungle, which was Banu’s first Hindi film.

Recalling when the entire jungle squad was relocated to the ‘heavenly outdoors’ of Srinagar for the shooting of the first scene and song ‘Kashmir Ki Kali Hoon Mein’ at Nishat and Shalimar Gardens , Banu said: Most of the people in the garden were foreigners, walking around and taking pictures. The filming area was carefully cordoned off to facilitate the filming process. ”

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Bhanu recalled this as his first experience with such a large audience. “There is a scene in the song where Shammiji is very angry with me and I turn around and pick up his shoes and sing ‘Pyar Pe Gussa Karte Ho’.” Tera gussa humko pyala hain. Now, luckily for me, I couldn’t turn around and make the right move, so I was working on fixing it. ”

“Seeing so many people around me, I finally burst into tears. Seeing this, my mother ran to me and hugged me sympathetically,” Bhanu said. He spoke and quoted his mother’s words. I tried my best to stop you, we’re just starting this shoot, there’s no harm in packing up and giving up on this. Subodh Dhar does not take it lightly. let’s go. ”

“Meanwhile, Shammiji secretly looked at Appaji and scolded me: “What is this?” If you wanted to be embarrassed and cry like this, you should have stayed at home wearing a burqa!” This made me howl and cry even more. But after a while, in a show of defiance, I pulled my dupatta up around my waistline and uttered, ‘Mein karke dihaugi,”’ Bhanu recalled.

Praising Shammi Kapoor for helping her overcome her stage fright, Banu said: “As you know, Shammi is very good at musical songs, so we, the directors, gave him all the songs for the film and only shared the duet with the heroine. He is also very good at disguising himself in his roles. He’s good at it, but he’s kind to us and you, and he gave us three solo songs and a highlight disguise scene where the young sadhu deceives the main character.” He helped me a lot in the jungle. ” she concluded.

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Date first published: April 11, 2023 20:00 IST


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