Lara Dutta says she hesitated to name Naseeruddin Shah ‘buddha, pagal’ in Kaun Banegi Shikharwati, reveals his response | Web Series

Actor Lara Dutta has recalled an incident regarding Naseeruddin Shah and Raghubir Yadav from the units of her upcoming collection Kaun Banegi Shikharwati. In an interview with information company PTI, Lara mentioned that considered one of her traces required her to deal with the veteran actors as ‘mad’ and ‘old men’.

Lara Dutta mentioned, “I have a line on the show, where I look at Raghubir ji (Raghubir Yadav) and Naseer saab (Naseeruddin Shah) and say, ‘Kya tum dono buddhe paagal ho gaye ho? (Have both you old men lost your mind?)’. I was like, I just can’t say this to them. I said, ‘Can we please rewrite it?’ But both of them were like, ‘Just have fun with it’. There is a tremendous amount of nervousness and anxiety when you are facing an actor like that. Naseer saab is light-years ahead of us in terms of his craft. But what an incredible opportunity to watch, learn, observe and imbibe. One of the biggest reasons for me to do the show was that he was in it.”

Talking concerning the present, she mentioned, “So their coming together to play these games with each other, leads to a lot of comedy, fun and quirkiness. I loved the opportunity to step into a world like that. Have this crazy family led by an eccentric king. They live in fancy areas of Mumbai and Delhi, lead a cosmopolitan life but the moment they go back to their kingdom and principalities, they have to wear these saris with ghunghats (veils). They live in a different world for that amount of time that they spend there.”

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Directed by Gauravv Chawla and Ananya Banerjee, Kaun Banegi Shikharwati will premiere on January 7 on ZEE5. Apart from Lara, the present additionally stars Soha Ali Khan, Kritika Kamra and Anya Singh as Naseeruddin’s daughters. The present follows the story of the daughters, as they compete in a collection of royal video games, the winner of which shall be chosen as inheritor of Naseeruddin’s kingdom.

Kaun Banegi Shikharwati shall be Lara’s third internet collection. Previously she has starred within the Disney+ Hotstar’s Hundred and Lionsgate Play’s Hiccups and Hookups. She was final seen on the large display in Bell Bottom, through which she performed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The movie featured actor Akshay Kumar within the lead position.