Annu Kapoor reveals why Shashi Kapoor got ‘angry’ with him – ThePrint – ANIFeed

Mumbai (Maharshtra) (India), Oct 22 (ANI): Veteran actor Annu Kapoor knows no boundaries when it comes to exploring different roles in film. Kapoor’s breakthrough performance was in the 1984 film ‘Utsav’, which was produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Girish Karnad.

In an exclusive conversation with ANI, he recalled what exactly led to the differences and why Shashi Kapoor got upset with him.

She recalled shooting for ‘Utsav’ starring Shankar Nag, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Anuradha Patel, Shekhar Suman, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Annu Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor and Kunal Kapoor.

“We were playing cards in a tourist hostel in Bharatpur. Anupam Kher, Shekhar Suman and the late Satish Kaushik were sitting in my room. And the rest, all the big stars were inside the lodge. I gave an order for chai and paneer pakoda. The waiter asked for cash. So I said, what do I argue with this waiter? I took it out and gave him the money, adding, “Then I said to one Dada from the production team that: “Dada, next time we will also bring the ticket” and told us to give him the money. But he could have said the same”.

He went to Shashi Kapoor and told him everything, so he got upset, “That Bengali Dada was from the production team. He went and told Shashi Kapoor. When Shashi Kapoor met, he said to Govind Nihalani. Did you misbehave? I said, what you think is a bad thing. . . .

This argument created misunderstandings and differences between the two stars and Govind Nihalani conveyed to Annu Kapoor that Shashi Kapoor is angry and said that a “small actor argued with me”.

The ‘Mandi’ actor continued, “I told him I was just making my point. When the shoot took place in Bangalore (Bengaluru), he called me. I told him I was going. He told me to come in his room he said this is a ticket of Sanjana (shashi kapoor’s daughter) and he gave me 7000 rupees I could believe it. I touched his feet and got emotional. I told him that you don’t know the waiter at Bharatpur hostel, so if you had me said, I would have gone to the ‘thelevaala’ and worked hard without ever spending your money. After that, there was no problem.”

However, Kapoor is a big fan of ‘Kanyadaan’ as he said, “In these 42 years, the best producers I have known, Shashi Kapoor is the first name among them. He will always be revered.”

Annu Kapoor is known for being a part of films like ‘Mandi’, ‘Utsav’, ‘Mr. India’, ‘Tezaab’, ‘Ram Lakhan’, ‘Ghayal’, ‘Hum’, ‘Darr’, ‘Sardar’, ‘Om Jai Jagadish’, ‘Aitraaz’ and ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ among others. She also does a radio show, titled Suhaana Safar With Annu Kapoor. Kapoor has directed several plays. He also directed a feature film ‘Abhay’, starring Nana Patekar. The actor also hosted the popular singing show ‘Antakshari’. (ANI)

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