Shekhar Suman says he’d pick up Madhuri Dixit on his bike everyday for Maanav Hatya shoot as producer had no money, actor dressed in his wife’s clothes

 

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Narrating that incident, Shehkhar Suman said in the interview, “Utsav had gotten delayed and in between that and Anubhav, one day I got a call where a director wanted to sign me for a film called Maanav Hatya, where I played a journalist. However, he only offered me Rs 5000. I had signed Utsav for Rs 25,000 and was given Rs 10,000 as the signing amount. When he offered me Rs 5,000 for this one, I was a little disappointed. He told me it was a new heroine named Madhuri Dixit. I agreed to do that film and met Madhuri at her house. She was resplendent and looked pretty.”

Shekhar further shared that the producer faced a lot of financial crunch on the film as a result of which he used to pick up Madhuri on a bike. He continued, “Maanav Hatya was the second film for both of us individually, and the producer said they had no money for location and asked me if I could lend my house for the shoot. Later, the producer had no funds to pay for a taxi to pick up Madhuri so he asked me if I could pick her up. I would pick her up on a bike. There was no budget for makeup either so my wife was asked to do it. Madhuri was such a sweet, naïve, Maharashtrian girl. The film somehow got completed.”

 

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Shekhar also said that he and Madhuri were supposed to do Anubhav together. However, she was replaced by Padmini Kolhapure. Talking about the same, the actor said, “My third film Anubhav also had Madhuri cast in it, but two days later, she was replaced by Padmini Kolhapure, who was a much bigger star then. That film became a huge success.”

In Heeramandi, Shekhar Suman plays the role of Zulfiqar Ahmed who is a powerful yet sophisticated man exuding authority.