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Mukesh Khanna Declined Cheques Worth Crores, Says Ranveer Singh Can Play ‘Kilwish But Not Shaktimaan’
Mukesh Khanna revealed he declined cheques worth crores over creative differences and said Ranveer Singh can play the role of Kilwish, but not Shaktimaan.
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Mukesh Khanna has long spoken about his superhero character Shaktimaan. The series was adapted into a film, and since then, discussions about Ranveer Singh playing the lead have made headlines. However, Mukesh Khanna has strongly opposed the choice and insisted that people like Singh and Shah Rukh Khan cannot convincingly play the role.
Now, in a recent interview with Subhojit Ghosh, Mukesh Khanna has reacted to the trolls and said, “Why should I move on? I have made Shaktimaan,” and revealed that he had been offered the role of Kilwish (antagonist), but he was adamant about playing the lead.
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“I sent him away from here after listening to him because he was very, very interested in Shaktimaan. I mean, he sat here for three hours and tried very hard to convince me. And I was even feeling guilty that I was turning him down, because I just couldn’t see the kind of face I wanted for Shaktimaan in him. He was so energetic that during those three hours, he sat here and told his whole story. He sat down on the floor. Aditya Chopra came from behind. I was… and suddenly, I was amazed. I have never seen a more energetic man than him. After Dev Anand saab, this is the one actor I have seen with so much energy. He just cannot sit still. If he sits here, he’ll go there; from there, he’ll jump onto the table; then he’ll go somewhere else,” Mukesh Khanna said.
Revealing how he has rejected cheques worth crores, Khanna said, “No doubt, commercially, I am behaving like a stupid person. I have held back a cheque worth crores, not lakhs, crores. People in my own office told me, ‘Sir, take the cheque. You can fight later.’ I said, ‘Keep quiet. Don’t talk about this.’ I told them to wait. I said, ‘I don’t want to do it.’ Money does not come before principles. I said, ‘Suppose I take the money, and then there is drama over it?’ I haven’t taken it, because my second cheque was about to come, and I stopped it. I had taken the first one, but I stopped the second cheque. I said, ‘I had told you that you would make Shaktimaan only after consulting me.’ Now they have put in a condition saying, ‘No, sir, we will consult you, but we will do things our own way.’ I said, ‘That is not done. Tomorrow, you’ll show him dancing in a disco. Tomorrow, you’ll make him do something else…’”
“So I have to preserve Shaktimaan’s legacy. Commercially, yes, it may be a very stupid decision. People say, ‘Go ahead, man. He’s such a big actor, he can do it. Actors can do anything.’ People have told me many times, ‘Sir, if he can do Dhurandhar, he’s a big actor. He can do it. Why don’t you believe it?’ I can see that desperation in the audience and viewers,” concluded Mukesh Khanna.
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Ask News18Mukesh Khanna has consistently opposed Ranveer Singh playing Shaktimaan, stating that no actor with an established image can portray the character. He has suggested Singh could play the antagonist Tamraj Kilvish instead. Khanna has declined significant financial offers due to his creative differences regarding the casting.
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