Rakesh Roshan made ‘Karan Arjun‘ iconic as he got together Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. The film continues to be remembered even now almost three decades later. But did you know that both SRK and Salman gave a tough time to Roshan while shooting the film. They had lost interest in it, midway and also arrived very late on the set. This was revealed by the film-maker in a recent documentary, ‘The Roshans’.
Shah Rukh also admitted to it while Shatrughan Sinha as well spoke about these tantrums. Rakesh Roshan had said, “They started losing interest in the film. When a shot is ready, though the sun is setting, they wouldn’t turn up when we called them. They’d come at the last moment, and we had to rush the shot.” Sinha revealed, “They (Salman and Shah Rukh) tormented him (Rakesh). They mocked him or won’t cooperate with him.”
While Salman did not make an appearance in the documentary, SRK said, “Yes, we (Salman and him) troubled him a lot; because both of us were very naughty, troublemakers. Pinkie ji (Rakesh Roshan’s wife) scolded me a lot.’ You are troubling Guddu (Rakesh Roshan) a lot. I didn’t expect it from you. Because between Salman and me, I was slightly better behaved, at least on the face of it. I was like, ‘I didn’t do anything. It’s all his (Salman) doing.’ We were like two young kids, really troubling a father figure, to be honest.”
The film-maker had further said, “Young thay, mastikhor thay. Mera kaam yeh hota tha ki, subah 6 baje jaa kar uthana. ‘Shah Rukh, utho,’ ‘aree sir, thodi der aur sone do.’ Salman ke paas jao toh Salman mujhe dekh kar he muh pher leta tha, takiya sir pe rakh leta tha, ‘sir aap vapis kyun aa gaye, sir main aa jaunga 9 baje tak.’”
‘Karan Arjun’ also starred Mamta Kulkarni and Kajol apart from Shah Rukh and Salman.
