Saif Ali Khan’s film Deewana Part 1 is going to be released in theatres soon. In this film, Saif Ali Khan will be seen in the role of a villain. However, this will not be the first time that Saif Ali Khan will play the role of a villain. In a film released in the year 2006, Saif Ali Khan played the role of a villain in a film. The audience liked Saif Ali Khan’s character very much. However, during the shoot of this film, Saif Ali Khan had to face 18 to 20 slaps.
Saif Ali Khan became the villain
Did you recognize the name of the film? The name of this film is Omkara. Saif Ali Khan played the character of Langda Tyagi in the film. The film may have flopped at the box office, but later it became a part of the list of people’s favorite films. Saif Ali Khan’s character was liked so much that people still like that character.
I got slapped 18 to 20 times for the scene
There is a scene in the climax of the film where Konkona Sen’s character slaps Saif Ali Khan. The scene was such that Ajay Devgan’s character has already hit his wife (Kareena Kapoor). After that Langda Tyagi’s wife (Konkona Sen) reaches there. When Saif reaches there, she slaps him. In the film, Konkona Sen is seen slapping Saif Ali Khan twice, but during the rehearsal, Saif Ali Khan gets slapped 18 to 20 times.
This is how the slap scene came
According to the information available in the media, there is no mention of ‘Thappad’ in the film during the rehearsals. But when the rehearsals are going on, the dialogues and acting seem very artificial. Later Konkana Sen says that she will slap Saif for the scene. Saif agrees to get slapped. During the rehearsals of this shoot, Saif has to get slapped 18 to 20 times.
According to reports, the budget of Vishal Bhardwaj’s film Omkara was around 25 crores. On the other hand, if we talk about the earnings of the film, then this film earned around 23 crores in India. The film earned less than its budget.
