Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher revealed how he bagged the role of Dr. Michael Dang in ‘Karma’ as the movie clocked 40 years on Saturday.
Marking 4 decades of the iconic movie on social media, Kher published a video recalling how director Subhash Ghai approached him for the role of Dr Dang in ‘Karma’.
He was heard saying, “Around 40 years ago, on this very day, a film of mine was released, which changed my category from a ‘good actor’ to a ‘star’. The name of the film was ‘Karma’, by Subhash Ghai.”
Remembering how Ghai cast him as the main villain in the movie, he added, “I had met Subhash Ghai at a party. He was leaving the party, and I was going inside. It was a long walk. I met him. He saw me from top to bottom. I had not met him before that. He told me to come to his office. The next day, when I went to his office, he told me that I was playing the role of the main villain in his film.”
Kher even ended up asking Ghai a silly question, ‘Who else is there in the film?’. To which the director informed him that the movie will have Naseeruddin Shah, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon, Nootanji, Jackie Shroff, and Dilip Kumar, leaving Kher elated.
The veteran actor also recalled that a poster featuring him and Dilip Kumar from the movie was placed near the Mahim Church area of Mumbai.
Kher thanked Ghai for believing in him, saying ‘Thank you Subhash ji for putting me on that pedestal and giving me an opportunity to be part of this film. Thank you Shroff, Kapoor, Naseer, Nootanji, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon and the one and only Dilip.”
At the end, he even recreated his popular dialogue as Dr Dang from ‘Karma’ that went, “Dr. Dang jung karta hai. Aaj pehli baar Dr. Dang ko thappad pada hai. Suna aapne is thappad ki aawaaz? Ab jab tak zinda rahoge, is thappad ki aawaaz sunte rahoge. Main is thappad ko kabhi nahi bhoolunga.”
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