Madhoo says both she and Ajay Devgn weren’t nervous for Phool Aur Kaante: ‘If It was Govinda or Rishi Kapoor…’

Speaking with Times of India, Madhoo said, “They discussed the remuneration, and I was signed on. Later, I found out that there was another actress who was signed for the film but she dropped out of the project due to some reasons.”

Madhoo said that when she came on board, the cast had completed nearly 60 per cent of the shoot, and that she had no clue who she was being paired with, but she did it anyway as she wanted to be in front of the camera.

In the same chat, Madhoo also opened up about one of her first co-stars, Ajay Devgn. She spoke of the artiste in warm terms and said neither were nervous about their first Hindi film outing: “Agar samne Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff aise koi established actors hote toh I would have felt nervous. But Ajay and I were from Mithibai college, so we had that Juhu vibe and Veeruji was my father’s friend.”

Phool Aur Kaante was declared to a hit for its time, earning around Rs 12 crore. The movie also starred Amrish Puri in a pivotal role and was helmed by Kuku Kohli.