Mumbai. In the year 1998, he stepped into Bollywood with the film ‘Doli Saja Ke Rakhna’. Then he distanced himself from Hindi cinema. After almost 26 years, he returned to Bollywood with the horror thriller ‘Shaitan’. However, before this he had signed Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Srikanth: Aa Raha Hai Sabki Aankhen Khune’. This film is releasing next month. Jyothika is playing the role of Rajkumar Rao in the film. The film has been directed by Tushar Hiranandani. Tushar told in an interview to AnyTV Shosha that initially Jyotika had rejected the film.
Tushar Hiranandani said, “I watch a lot of Jyothika’s South films, especially Tamil films. She is a good actress. His first film was ‘Doli Saja Ke Rakhna’, which is a Hindi film. She is a Punjabi girl and hence, she knows Hindi. So, I offered him ‘Srikanth’. But he refused to do the film.”
Tushar Hiranandani said that he worked in the film because of Surya. South superstar Surya is Jyothika’s husband. He said, “The very next day, Jyotika called me and said that she wants to do my film. He told me that Suriya had read the script and told him that he should not leave this film.”
Tusshar Hiranandani said, “Then both Suriya sir and Jyotika called me home and that’s when she officially confirmed that she is doing my film,” Tusshar further claimed that Jyotika had also signed ‘Shaitan’ on his insistence. . He said, “She was not doing Hindi films for a long time. Ours was the first Hindi film for which he said yes.”
Tushar Hiranandani said, “He shot for the devil. Mukesh Chhabra had called me to talk to Jyotika and convince her to be a part of ‘Shaitan’. Then I called him and told him, ‘Please do the film. It is a picture of Vikas Bahl sir.”
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Tags: Actor Suriya, Rajkumar Rao
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 27, 2024, 11:05 IST