‘Manav Hatya’ was shot at Shekhar Suman’s house
Shekhar Suman has been in the news for a few days. Shekhar Suman has made a tremendous comeback with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’, which was released to stream on Netflix in May 2024. He played the role of Nawaz Zulfiqar in the series. Recently, he spoke openly about his career. Where he also narrated an anecdote related to Madhuri Dixit. It was in the 80s, when both Shekhar Suman and Madhuri Dixit were new in the industry. Shekhar Suman was working with Madhuri Dixit in a film, this was the second film of both Madhuri and Shekhar Suman’s career, about which the actor had made a very interesting revelation recently.
Shekhar Suman narrated a funny anecdote
Shekhar Suman revealed this interesting story in an interview given to Bollywood Bubble. In this interview, he told that when he was working with Madhuri in a film named ‘Manav Hatya’, the makers made him the ‘driver’ of the actress. How…? Let us tell you what this whole story is.
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Recalling this entire episode, Shekhar Suman said- ‘Utsav (Shekhar Suman’s first film) was getting delayed. Meanwhile, one day I suddenly got a call, where the director offered me a film named ‘Manav Hatya’. I was playing the role of a journalist in this film. The director told me that the budget is tight. He offered me five thousand for the film, I was a bit disappointed by this, because I had got 25 thousand for Utsav. The signing amount had also been received, but Utsav was getting delayed, so I signed the film. The makers said that there is no big heroine in the film, they told me that the heroine’s name is Madhuri Dixit. When I asked them to introduce me, they asked me if I would do this film and I agreed.’
‘Manav Hatya’ was shot at Shekhar Suman’s house
The actor further said- ‘I told them that I am completely ready. I said when a heroine like Rekha ji can work with a new hero like me, then why could I not work with a new heroine. After this we went to Madhuri ji’s house and met her. It took time for her to come out, when she came I saw that she was very beautiful and simple. I told the director that you start the film, I will do it. This was the second film of both of us. The producers did not have money for the location, so they asked me if your house would be available for the shoot? I said it is like this that you take money from me and shoot. Take the house, clothes and motorcycle as well. Do whatever you want to do, take whatever you want.’
Shekhar Suman’s wife used to do Madhuri’s makeup
Shekhar Suman further said- ‘The makers told me that they don’t have money for a taxi for Madhuri, so can you pick her up. So I used to go on a motorcycle to pick up Madhuri Dixit. Then she said, they don’t have money for makeup too, so I said tell my wife, Alka, that if she looks good, she will do the makeup too. So Alka used to do Madhuri’s makeup. She also needed clothes, so Alka used to give her dresses too. Poor Madhuri, a very sweet, innocent Maharashtrian girl, she used to do whatever we told her to do. I used to often drop her for dance practice after the shoot. So our film was completed somehow.’
Madhuri got replaced in Anubhav
Shekhar Suman also told during the interview that he was supposed to work with Madhuri Dixit in his third film ‘Anubhav’, but she was replaced by Padmini Kolhapure and the film proved to be a huge hit.
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