Farida Jalal reveals Anil Kapoor had an issue with her playing his mother in Laadla, felt she was ‘too young’: ‘He would ask to cut the shot’

Farida Jalal recently opened up about how she was offered only roles playing the mother of actors who were not significantly older than her, after she made a comeback with Henna.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: June 10, 2024 09:50 AM IST

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Farida Jalal reveals how Anil Kapoor stopped the shoot during Laadla

Farida Jalal played the role of Anil Kapoor's mother in Laadla. (Photos: Farida Jalal/ YT screengrab, Anil Kapoor/Instagram)

Veteran actor Farida Jalal has, over the years, portrayed some iconic roles. After winning hearts with her performance as Taha Shah Badussha’s grandmother in Heeramandi, the actor recently shared that she started getting mother roles at a very young age. In an interview with India Today, Jalal spoke about how, when she made her comeback with Heena, she had played Rishi Kapoor’s mother and during Laadla, Anil Kapoor felt she was too young to play his mom.

Jalal said, “When I was doing Laadla, Anil would stop the shot in between… he is such a sweetheart, he would say ‘mother wali feeling hi nahi aa rahi hai yaar’ (I cannot feel her as a mother). He would cut the shot saying it was all going wrong, there was this song ‘Teri Ungli Pakad Kar Chala’, and he would ask to cut the shot and say, she is too young.”

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When she was asked why she chose to play a mother on screen at such a young age, she added, “It was offered to me. Henna, which was my comeback film after eight years, had Rishi Kapoor. I was opposite him in Bobby. I might have been older than him by two or five years, but I played his mother in Henna. We would be laughing about this on sets.”

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Jalal also added, “One thing Raza Murad told me on the sets of Henna was, ‘Faridaji, you are coming back after 8-9 years. So, don’t think now you will get any sister roles to do. Think of it as now you are going to be put into the mother or bhabhi kind of roles.’ I said, ‘of course,’ I just wanted to act. I am not disappointed at all.”

Jalal has played a mother to Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and to Kajol in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaaenge. In Judaai she played Sridevi’s mother, while in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke she was Salman Khan’s on-screen mom. Her recent role as Qudsiya Begum in Heeramandi has been quite loved by the audience.

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