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Shekhar Suman is the toast of the city, because of his compelling efficiency within the Netflix collectionHeeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. His position as Nawab Khan Bahadur Zulfikar Ahmed and sure intimate scenes that he is part of within the challenge have made headlines. Nonetheless, this isn’t the primary time Shekhar Suman has handled such complicated roles and scenes. On the age of twenty-two, Shekhar Suman featured reverse Rekha within the 1985 movie Utsav. On the Actually Saying Podcast, he spoke concerning the challenge that catapulted him to nationwide fame. He additionally revealed a humorous anecdote from the units of Utsav, when he was pranked by director Girish Karnad, and producer Shashi Kapoor. He mentioned, “Shashi Kapoor and Girish Karnad had performed a prank on me as soon as as a result of Utsav was an erotic movie. They mentioned in one of many scenes you’ll have to expose your bum. I mentioned, ‘What!’ They responded, ‘Ya, we’re displaying your bottom, you are making love, you are standing in opposition to a window after which stroll and also you’re bare’. I began crying and mentioned, ‘I can not do nude scenes. Please sir’.” Seeing the actor visibly distressed, the duo burst out laughing and guaranteed him that they had been simply pulling his leg.
Recounting his expertise of the units of Utsav, Shekhar Suman added: “After I got here on the units, I used to be so younger and I used to be carrying a child, and Shashi ji did not ask, ‘Who’s that’; he requested, ‘What’s that?’ I mentioned he was my son and he mentioned, ‘To begin with I do not imagine you might be married now you might be giving me one other shock saying he is your son. Cease the taking pictures for some time. You guys come and stand right here.’ So Alka [Shekhar Suman’s wife] and I had been standing with a child and he regarded on the total crew and had a really mischievous smile. He mentioned, ‘Yeh dekhiye bacchon ne milke baccha paida kiya hai [Look, the children have produced another child]’.”
Shekhar Suman additionally attributed the success of his nuanced efficiency within the movie to the help from co-star Rekha, who was already a famous person. Explaining how he handled performing the intimate scenes within the movie, Shekhar Suman mentioned: “I suppose it was a part of my career that I needed to do it actually. I did not consider it as if I used to be doing an “erotic scene”… it was a part of the script and a part of my character that I needed to do it. I obtained great help from Rekha and great help from Girish Karnad,” he mentioned, including that they assured him that they had been all professionals. They requested Shekhar to not be scared or hesitant whereas engaged on the scenes. He added that Rekha gave him latitude and leeway to carry out. “That gave me quite a lot of confidence,” he mentioned. “Any scene that I did along with her [Rekha], it’s because of the boldness and cooperation that she gave me that I may do these scenes. So, I might endlessly be indebted to her for her professionalism and making me snug.”
Heeramandi is offered for streaming on Netflix. The challenge has been helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
