Asrani told in BBC News Podcast that he was waiting for his girlfriend in the Hindi remake movie from South. In this, the director asked him to eat tree leaves. The directors were not ready for any change in this scene.
Why did asrani have to eat wild leaves: You will remember the British jailer scene in the film Sholay. 70- 80s comedy actor Asrani used to tickle the audience a lot with his expression and acting. However, for this, he had to do strange things sometimes. Asrani recently told a very interesting anecdote in the podcast of BBC News. A director wanted to film romantic scenes on him, but there was no heroine or any co-actress. Asrani told that, I had to wait for my girlfriend to sit under a tree in the forest. He asked me how to do this scene. So I said that I will see my clock… I will go around the trees in the forest and do it… the soil with the legs will be crushed… I will see it waiting for it.
Asrani had to eat leaves due to director’s insistence
After this, the director asked me to do the scene, it flew my senses. He did not say that you do not have to do all this. You have to chew the wild leaves of that tree. Now after this, I did not have to say anything. I was shocked, after thinking for some time I said… but how will the wait be complete. He then showed the scene of the movie of South, whose remake was being made. He said that this scene was super hit … I will not tamper with it. Asrani further stated that with the scene of the remake of superhit films, the director is so positive that he does not want to change it. Then we ate the same wild leaves, there was no other option.
Asrani’s career
Asrani has been working in Bollywood for the last 5 decades. He has shown the Jauhar of acting in more than 350 Hindi and Gujarati films. Along with Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jitendra, Akshay Kumar, he has proved his mastery in the comedy scene. He is always remembered for the jailer role of ‘Sholay’. Asrani has also got her iron in comedy, supporting character. In the Gujarat film industry, he was also the lead actor and has played the lead role in films like ‘Chala Murari Hero Bane’, ‘Salaam Memsab’.