Shabana Azmi recalls the Manmohan Desai film where she ‘had a blast’ with Neetu Kapoor. See here

Manmohan Desai directorial Parvarish marked the first collaboration of Shabana Azmi and Neetu Kapoor. They next worked together on Amar Akbar Anthony, which was also directed by Desai.

 

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Shabana, in an earlier chat with IANS, shared that she got the offer of Amar Akbar Anthony after working with Desai on Parvarish. She recalled that the director had told her that there was no big role for her but he cast her just to keep his “sanity”. She shared, “One day while Parvarish was in the last lap, he came to meet me in Ranjit Studios and he said, ‘Shabana I am producing a film for the first time and of course directing it as well and I want you to be a part of it.’”

She further recalled, “He said, ‘Frankly, there is no big role for you in it but woh Vinod Khanna meri jaan kha jaayega (he will annoy me). He will say that there is a heroine opposite Amitabh and Rishi then why isn’t there a heroine opposite me. So I am just ghusaoing (pushing) you in to keep my sanity.’ I found it so amusing, warm and lovely that he was not making any excuses and was saying it as it is.”