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‘Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan sniggered at me, shut the door on my face during Karan Arjun shoot’: Mamta Kulkarni
Mamta Kulkarni starred opposite Salman Khan in the 1995 film Karan Arjun. The movie also starred Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles.

Mamta Kulkarni was among the top heroines in the 90s. In her career spanning fourteen years, the actor starred in about 40 films, opposite the likes of Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, among others. She was one of the main leads in the 1995 film Karan Arjun, starring Salman, Shah Rukh and Kajol. In a recent interview, the former actor opened up about the time Shah Rukh and Salman sniggered at her and closed the door on her face.
In a conversation with India TV, Mamta, who recently embraced the spiritual path, was asked about the time she yelled at her Karan Arjun co-stars. The actor said, “No, I didn’t yell at them.” She then asked, “Shah Rukh told you this?” Making a funny face, Mamta said, “I will tell you what happened that day. Actually Chinni Prakash was the choreographer of Karan Arjun. Both Shah Rukh and Salman had gone for the shoot and I was sitting alone. After almost an hour and half, Chinni Prakash’s assistant knocked at my door. I said, ‘What happened?’ He said, ‘Masterji is calling you.'”
She added, “Then I went up. There were stairs, when I was climbing up, both Salman and Shah Rukh passed by me and they sniggered. I was quiet. It was about 8 in the evening, and I went to the masterji. He told me, ‘This particular step, you will do it alone.’ I was like, ‘What are you saying?'”
The actor then recalled being the first actor to shoot the dance sequence the following day. Mamta said, “The next morning, the first shot was mine. My very first shot was approved. And I saw both Shah Rukh and Salman watching me from behind a bush. And they are laughing again. The next shot was theirs. They had to do a step on their knees in between 5,000 people. They took so many retakes. The director eventually shouted pack up. We all ran to our rooms. I knew last evening they played with me. I didn’t want to give them the opportunity to make the choreographer assign all the steps to me. So when they ran up, so did I. As soon as I came, Salman stopped me and shut the door on my face. This was it.”
She added, “Salman is very naughty. I am very punctual. He would always tease me and I would be like, ‘Shut up Salman.'”


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