Sanjeev Kapoor tells Twinkle Khanna the story behind cutting his ‘iconic’ moustache, says he wants Akshay Kumar to play him in biopic: ‘Khana bhi acha banate hain’

Twinkle then steered the conversation towards moustaches, and revealed that she used to have upper lip growth during childhood and her mother, Dimple Kapadia, would often tease her. Twinkle said, “When I was a kid, mother used to tease me because I had an actual moustache. She used to say that ‘muche ho to Nathulaal jaisi warna na ho‘.”

 

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Sanjeev, who was known for his moustache during his long tenure as a TV chef, recalled people’s reaction to when he trimmed them off. “My mustache was iconic,” said the chef, and added, “So, people would say that and my wife Alyona would say, ‘ek baar to nikaal ke dekho‘. So Aalim Hakim (celebrity hairdresser) said, ‘yeah we will do something.’ and then he says, ‘mooch nikal do‘. Mobile phones were launched by then so, I called my wife and said ‘wo aise bol raha hai’ and she said, ‘kar lo’. (I called my wife and said this is what Aalim is saying and she said, ‘go ahead’).”

Around the same time, Sanjeev also participated in dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in it’s first season. He said, “This was first season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. So, first episode I had a fake moustache on and then I took that off. When I took off the moustache, people were so divided.” Twinkle further grilled him, and asked about the reaction of his female fans, and Sanjeev said, “There was a clear divide. Younger audience wanted me without moustache, older wanted me with moustache.”