Govinda was in double role in this film
Govinda is not called ‘Hero Number 1’ for no reason. In the 90s, his stardom impressed his fans. Every big heroine and director wanted to work with Govinda. In 1993, a film starring Govinda and Chunky Pandey was released in theatres, which created havoc at the box office. The films of big stars had paled in comparison to the earnings of this film. We are talking about the 1993 film ‘Aankhen’, in which a monkey was also seen. This monkey played an important role in the film and was liked so much in the film that many people started considering this monkey as the real hero. Moreover, in terms of luxuries, he was not behind the lead actors of the film. This was recently revealed by Chunky Pandey during ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’.
The monkey used to get the highest salary on the set
Reached Kapil Sharma’s show ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’, where he also discussed his film ‘Aankhen’. A monkey was also seen in this film along with Govinda, Chunky Pandey and Shakti Kapoor. The monkey played a very important role in the film. Now Chunky Pandey told that this monkey used to get the most attention on the sets of the film. This monkey also had the biggest tantrums and was also very spendthrift.
Govinda also got less fees than the monkey
Chunky Pandey revealed that Govinda also got less fees than this monkey for this film. First Shakti says- ‘We did a film together, in which Govinda and Chunky were the heroes, but in reality there were three heroes. Govinda, Chunky and Monkey. Reacting to this, Chunky says- ‘Yes, the monkey got more fees.’ Govinda also agrees with Chunky and Shakti on this.
Whenever we called Monkey, Chunky used to come – Shakti Kapoor
After this, Shakti Kapoor also tells the story of the tantrums of this monkey from the film Aankhen. He says- ‘The monkey got a room in the luxury hotel Sun-n-Sand in Mumbai.’ Then he says jokingly – ‘When David used to call Monkey, Chunky would come and if Chunky was called, Monkey would come.’
‘Aankhen’ was a blockbuster
The director of the film Aankhen was David Dhawan. Stars like Govinda, Chunky Pandey, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan, Raj Babbar, Sadashiv, Shilpa Shirodkar, Bindu, Ritu Shivpuri were seen in this film. It was one of the highest grossing films of the year. According to industry tracker Sacanilc, the budget of the film was less than Rs 2 crore and it had a worldwide collection of Rs 18.84 crore at the box office.
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