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Shah Rukh Khan’s Mohabbatein co-star Jimmy Shergill recalls meeting him and Amitabh Bachchan for the first time: “Kya karam kiye honge”

Shah Rukh Khan’s Mohabbatein co-star Jimmy Shergill recalls meeting him and Amitabh Bachchan for the first time: “Kya karam kiye honge”

Jimmy Shergill has been busy lately promoting his Netflix thriller Sikandar Ka Muqaddar. One of the actor’s most popular films early in his career was Mohabbatein, in which he worked with Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan. Jimmy recalled his first meeting with them during filming and shared that he thought he must have done some really good things.

In a recent interview with Screen Jimmy Shergill was asked what was going through his mind when he first met Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan during the filming of Mohabbatein. In response, Jimmy said, “Kya kya nahi soch raha tha da sochiye. Soch raha tha ki kya karam kie honge main ki main yahan khada hoon. (What I shouldn’t think about, think about it. I thought I must have done some really good things to be standing here).”

However, he admitted that he regretted not taking a photo with them.

During the conversation, Jimmy Shergill also mentioned that he had met Amitabh Bachchan during a hawan at Yash Chopra’s house before filming. He said that just a few days before the event, he cut his hand and was in a bandage. Jimmy recalled how Aditya Chopra introduced him to Big B as an actor playing the role of Karan.

He shared that the latter immediately said, “I think he’s a method actor who takes his role too seriously.” In Mohabbatein, Karan injured his hand to please his beloved Preeti.

Coming to Shah Rukh KhanThe ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ star shared that he helped him a lot during the shoot. He said, “Isliye main kehta hun ki jab main Industry mein nahi aya tha tab bhi humare liye Shah Rukh Khan is an inspiration, aaye tab bhi the, aaj bhi wahi hain (That’s why I say that even when I didn’t enter the industry, Shah Rukh Khan was a source of inspiration for us, he was a source of inspiration even after I came);

Meanwhile, Sikandar ka Muqaddar It also stars Tamannaah Bhatia and Avinash Tiwari in lead roles.

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