“Amitabh And Jaya Bachchan Had Very Little To Do In Chupke Chupke,” Recalls Sharmila Tagore

Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s traditional Chupke Chupke clocked 50 years just lately. To have fun the event, Sharmila Tagore reminisced the capturing days in an interview with Subhash Okay Jha. Earlier than taking on the Chupke Chupke provide, Sharmila Tagore had labored within the director’s severe movies (Anupama and Satyakam). Sharmila Tagore did not suppose twice when the provide of a such enjoyable enjoyable movie got here her manner.

“We had a number of enjoyable capturing that one. I had achieved a number of work with Hrishida earlier than Chupke Chupke, however of a really severe nature, like Anupama and Satyakam, which had been each with Dharamji (Dharmendra). These usually are not easy-viewing cinema. In one (Anupama) I hardly spoke. So when Hrishida supplied to do a enjoyable movie, all of us jumped at it.”

Giving the complete credit score to the director, Sharmila Tagore shared Chupke Chupke labored due to Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

“Hrishida knew precisely what he wished us actors to do. We simply did what he advised us. I believe all of us – me, Dharamji, Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan), Jaya (Jaya Bachchan), Om Prakashji, Asraniji, Usha Kironji, we had been in it for the enjoyable. In reality Amit and Jaya had little or no to do. However they joined within the enjoyable for Hrishida’s sake,” recalled the movie veteran.

Chupke Chupke options an ensemble forged together with Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Om Prakash, and Asrani. The story was impressed from Shakespeare’s The Comedy Of Errors. Sharmila Tagore has, just lately, made a comeback to the Bengali cinema with Puratawn after 14 years.  In the movie, she shared display screen house with Rituparna Sengupta and Indraneil Sengupta.