Mansoor Ali Khan: ‘In one film, my salary was 4 lakhs and Vijay’s was only 2… He has now come this far’

He added, “For him, it’s all cinema. He shoots 40 takes for a dance step. If it had been me, I would dance twice and would have left saying that’s all I can do. But Vijay is spending so much time on a single shot. They have sculpted Leo scene by scene.”

The actor also shared about working with Anurag Kashyap. “I saw in papers that Anurag Kashyap wanted to act in Lokesh’s film and die in it. A few days later, I see him sitting opposite me. He came and fired his gun ‘tup tup’… Aiyayo (realises he is revealing too much about the film). Get lost man. I won’t tell anything about Leo, go away.”

Mansoor also revealed why he missed out on acting in Kaithi. “I was asked to meet SR Prabhu, the producer of Kaithi. Lokesh had told him that I should play the role. However, when the opportunity came my way, I was arrested (for protesting against a government scheme) and sent to Puzhal jail. They wouldn’t have shared this detail for obvious reasons.”

Over the years, Mansoor Ali Khan has acted alongside all the top stars of Tamil cinema including Rajinikanth, Ajith Kumar, and Vijayakanth. He is noted for his roles in films like Minsaara Kanna, Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Captain Prabhakaran, and Asuran.