Veteran movie actor Johnny Lever spoke about having to act during personal turmoil in a recent interview. He talked about performing on stage after his sister died, and once had to film a comical scene while his father was undergoing surgery.
Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, Lever said that his co-star at the time, Shah Rukh Khan, supported him and offered his help. He said: “One of those times was when they had to operate on my father, I was a little worried about that, but I still had to film a comic sequence. Now I don’t let my personal problems get in the way of work, so at that time I hadn’t told anyone about this. I don’t know how, but Shah Rukh came into the room I was in and said that he had heard about my father and was asking about him. Here I was preparing for a comedy scene , so I tried to downplay it. But he went on to say that if he needed something, I could tell him. “
Lever further said that this incident occurred during the film Baadshah starring SRK, Amrish Puri and Twinkle Khanna. The 1999 film was directed by the Abbas-Mastan duo.
On the work front, Lever will next be seen in Coolie No. 1 by David Dhawan. The film stars Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan. It is the remake of the 1995 film starring Govinda and Karisma Kapoor. The film also stars Paresh Rawal, Jaaved Jaaferi, Rajpal Yadav, Sahil Vaid, and Shikha Talsania. It will launch at Christmas on Amazon Prime.
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