When Farah Khan explained how Tabu agreed for blink-and-miss appearance with Shah Rukh Khan in Main Hoon Na

Director Farah Khan recently revealed how Tabu was cast in Main Hoon Na. The 2004 film starred Shah Rukh Khan, Zayed Khan, Sushmita Sen, and Amrita Rao among others.

Tabu had a blink-and-miss cameo in Main Hoon Na.

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Social media was abuzz with manifestations of a film with Shah Rukh Khan and Tabu recently. Fans were quick to share clips from Saathiya, where the two shared the screen together for a few scenes. They also posted the millisecond scene in Main Hoon Na, where Tabu made an appearance with SRK. Director Farah Khan revealed how she literally put her in the shot without makeup and while clad in her own clothes.

Social media page Diet Sabya recently shared a tweet with the still from Main Hoon Na. “Still trying to figure out why Tabu agreed to do this .2 second cameo in Main Hoon Na,” the tweet read. For the unversed, Tabu appeared in a blink-and-miss scene where SRK is ragged by Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao and their gang. Before he bumped into Sushmita Sen, he was shown dancing on the college premise, and Tabu was seen looking at him amused at his antics.

Farah Khan replied to the post, writing, “Arre she was in Darjeeling for some other shoot and came to visit me on my set. And I literally put her in this shot. Without makeup and in her personal clothes.”

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Farah Khan via Diet Sabya Instagram page opened up about Tabu’s casting in Main Hoon Na

The debut film of Farah Khan as a director, Main Hoon Na released in 2004. It also starred Suniel Shetty, Kirron Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Bindu and Satish Shah, among others.

In a recent interview, Suniel Shetty had heaped words of praise on Shah Rukh Khan, calling him ‘a gentleman and a charmer to the core, and not just for women but men also’. He also revealed how SRK changed the climax scene, as he shared, “I shot Main Hoon Na with him and he used to treat his actors like superstars. SRK is the most secure man I have ever seen. In the Main Hoon Na climax scene, he stepped down and said ‘I can’t beat Suniel Shetty up. Let me do something — like he took the pin of the bomb — saying physically I can’t beat him. You are talking about men here who are so secure in their own skin.”

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