Amitabh Bachchan called me and asked for work, shot till 2 in the night so Rakhee could watch KBC, says Suneel Darshan: ‘Don’t turn her down’

He added, “As soon arsenic I heard that, I said, ‘Sir, 1 minute’. I rapidly parked my car to talk to him. He past said, ‘I heard you’re making a movie and I would similar to beryllium successful it. If there’s a relation for me, delight fto maine know.’ I was stunned that idiosyncratic similar Amitabh Bachchan is asking for a role. This full occurrence was rather encouraging for me. I went and narrated the communicative to him. He past asked maine to springiness a transcript of the publication to him. He started the prep for the movie and that’s however we started Ek Rishtaa.”

By this time, Akshay, Amitabh, Karisma and Juhi were finalised for the respective roles successful the film. The lone missing portion successful the puzzle was an histrion to capable the mother’s shoes successful the movie. While Suneel’s archetypal enactment was Hema Malini, it didn’t enactment out. The adjacent enactment was seasoned prima Raakhee.

Suneel shared, “I approached Raakhee ji to play the relation of the parent successful the film. She agreed to bash the role, but past placed a information earlier me. She said, I won’t enactment from 8:45 p.m. to 10:15 pm. I won’t beryllium disposable for this 1.5 hours, truthful marque your docket accordingly. I was like, what is this caller thing. I asked her, ‘What’s the occupation but?’ She said, ‘Because I privation to ticker Kaun Banega Crorepati’.”

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“I went and told this to Amit ji. He was like, don’t crook her down. Bring her to sets. I volition alteration my schedule. I enactment for Karan from 9am-6pm. I volition travel to you astatine 7 and sprout until 2. To set Rakhi ji’s schedule, Amit Ji said, conscionable enactment a TV and cablegram successful her van there. Don’t fto her determination retired of the set. She tin happily ticker and past shoot”, added Suneel.

With the unsocial setup, the squad managed to implicit the movie successful conscionable 4 months. “Everyone wondered, ‘How did they marque specified a large movie successful conscionable 4 months?'”, said the producer-director.

Recalling his enactment acquisition with the Don star, Suneel said, “After we completed shooting for Rishtaa, helium told me, that if ever you get a chance, bash marque a movie for me. I told him, ‘Whenever you request me, I americium ever around.'”

Suneel Darshan and Amitabh Bachchan haven’t collaborated for the 2nd clip yet. However, successful 2002, helium made a movie with Amitabh Bachchan’s lad Abhishek Bachchan, Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya, besides starring Akshay Kumar and Karisma Kapoor. Suneel was the shaper of the film. However, it didn’t bash good astatine the container office.