NEW DELHI – December 27 (ONLINE) In his forty years of film-acting and theatre, Paresh Rawal has done some of the most challenging roles of Indian cinema. But his most difficult scene was the one he performed on June 23, 2010 in Sri Lanka for Anees Bazmee’s Ready. It was the day his mother passed away.
“When I heard the news, I felt a part of me died that very instant. I was numbed with grief. It was Salman Khan who gave me strength to go through the day. He made all the arrangements for my travel back to Mumbai,” the Herapheri actor was quoted as saying by an Indian media outlet.
“Unfortunately, there was no connecting flight from Colombo to Mumbai till late in the evening. Instead of sitting in a corner swathed in my grief, I decided to finish my work for the day. Believe me, it was the toughest performance I’ve ever given. I had to act drunk and then confront Mahesh Manjrekar in a party sequence,” he added.
“I had to threaten him that I’d blurt out the truth about Asin’s identity. Under normal circumstances the scene would have been a cakewalk. But given the situation I was shattered by the loss, I could barely think straight, let alone act drunk and scream dramatic lines. It was an ordeal. But in hindsight it was a welcomed ordeal.”
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