Filmmaker Anil Sharma, who is basking in the success of Sunny Deol starrer Gadar 2, recently revisited a sequence in his 1992 film Tahalka in which actors Naseeruddin Shah, Jaaved Jaaferi, and Aditya Pancholi wore bikinis, much to the shock of the audience. In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, Sharma revealed how Shah agreed to wear a bikini. Recalling the time, the filmmaker said, “Naseeruddin Shah bikini mein, people were shocked. Jaaved Jaaferi, Aditya Pancholi in bikinis, people went crazy. People still ask me how did you convince Naseeruddin Shah to wear a bikini.” He added, “Naseer bola tha ki jab aap mujhe torn kurta pehnate ho to main koi sawaal karta hun. Aap mujhe bikini pehna rahe ho to main kyu sawaal karu? Director hai jo character de raha hai play kar raha hun. Real life mein thodi kar raha hun (Naseer said when you can make me wear a torn kurta, I don’t ask any questions. When you ask me to wear a bikini, why would I say ‘no’? I am not wearing it in real life)." In the interview, Anil Sharma also spoke about working with actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar in the 1987 film Hukumat. Sharma shared that it was the first time that the renowned actor wore a coat and boots. “Hukumat unki second film thi. Main mixing kar raha tha Raj Kamal mein and waha par Ardh Satya ki bhi mixing ho rahi thi and that’s where I saw him in the rushes. Hukumat’s casting was going on and I called him (Sadashiv) to meet. He had never worn boots or a suit or a hat,” he said. The director added, “So, I gave him two pairs of suits and asked him to wear the suits, boots, and overcoat and asked him to keep wearing them at home for a week to get into the character. So he used to all the time wear suit and overcoat.”
