Mukesh Chhabra On Bollywood’s New Strategy: “Extra Information, Much less Leisure”

Mukesh Chhabra wears many hats – actor, filmmaker and casting director. He’s all the time candid about his views on Bollywood. Throughout his look on Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, Mukesh mentioned how Bollywood has shifted in direction of extra “gyaan [knowledge]” and fewer leisure. When requested about Bollywood’s gradual comeback, he mentioned, “Hoga yarr. Leisure worth ko kam karke zaada gyaan dene me chale gaye hai. Combine ho sakta hai yaar. [It will happen. But we have moved towards giving more knowledge and less entertainment. It can be a mix.]”

Mukesh Chhabra continued, “Matlab aap dekhlo 3 Idiots dekho twelfth Fail dekhlo, kya hai vo matlab uske andar. I additionally felt that Bajrangi Bhijaan is a full business image. However there’s a very attention-grabbing message in that movie – insaan to insaan hello hota hai. Aur itne bade degree pe business movie bnaai hai, aur uska message choti si ek line ka hai. [I mean, just look at 3 Idiots or 12th Fail and see what they convey. I also felt that Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a fully commercial film, but it carries a very interesting message — ‘a human is just a human.’ They have made a big-level commercial film with a message that can be summed up in a single line.]”

Throughout the identical podcast, Mukesh Chhabra recounted the time when his mom, Kamal Chhabra, was affected by heart-related points. He shared that Akshay Kumar helped him throughout that point. The actor recalled how filmmaker Anand L Rai knowledgeable him that the physician he ought to contact is aware of Akshay Kumar. He continued, “So, I despatched Akshay Kumar a message and he instantly referred to as. He organized every thing in that hospital, he referred to as me nearly daily, constantly for 15 days. He would ask, ‘How is your mom doing? How are you?’ He additionally spoke to the physician constantly. He does not speak about it; I by no means spoke about it both.”

“Regardless of being so busy, he would ask each morning, ‘Mummy da ki haal hai? [How is mummy now?]’ I can not overlook that in any respect. He even met my mom. It’s not even that we’re repeatedly in contact since you take this step to assist somebody when you realize them at a private degree however nonetheless, he did that. We began speaking after that, however I can not overlook that second,” Mukesh Chhabra added. His mom died in April 2023. 

Mukesh Chhabra has executed casting course for films akin to Rockstar, Dangal, Jawan and Dunki.