Manoj Pahwa recently said in an interview that Rishi Kapoor invited him to eat with him while they were filming Mulk in Lucknow. He also discussed his collaborations with Ranbir and Shammi Kapoor.
As Rishi Kapoor’s brother in the film Mulk, Bollywood actor Manoj Pahwa, known for his comedic performances as Bhatia from Office Office and Dilbagh Singh from Singh Is Kinng, encountered concerns from the Mulk production crew. However, the actor was convinced that he would successfully portray Bilal Ali Mohammed, according to filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, who knew Pahwa from his days in the theatre.
‘A lot of people, including my team, are questioning my decision to cast you as Bilal,’ Anubhav Sinha also said to me when he delivered me the Mulk screenplay. People will laugh when Pahwa appears on film, they claim. He is a comic. They’ll believe Bhatia Sahab is a lesbian. Pahwa said during his interview on Unfiltered By Samdish that Sinha “was confident, yet.
The actor also recalled how Rishi Kapoor invited him to eat with him while they were filming Mulk in Lucknow. “He used to have a chef from the Taj hotel. Because he was a Kapoor, his food was placed across the whole table. Mutton came in four varieties, chicken in four varieties, and sweets in five varieties. I used to get teased by Anubhav who would remark, “Aab toh tum Rishi Kapoor ke Saath khaoge.” You will only eat with Rishi Kapoor from now on.
After Mulk, Manoj Pahwa said, people’s attitudes about him altered. According to him, people began to take him seriously. Pahwa mentioned working with Ranbir Kapoor for an advertisement and Shammi Kapoor for Anubhav Sinha’s show Shikast during the interview.
“Ranbir Kapoor is a reclusive person. He doesn’t talk much, but he does laugh a lot. “I worked with your grand-uncle, then your father, and now you,” I said to him. Pahwa remarked, “He said, maybe you would also work with my kids.
Manoj Pahwa was last spotted on the job in Anek, directed by Anubhav Sinha. His upcoming film Mili co-stars Janhvi Kapoor and Sunny Kaushal.
