Karan Arjun was released in 1995.
Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan rehearsed till wee hours of morning after Mamta Kulkarni’s scolding.
Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are massive superstars and when they starred in Karan Arjun together, their fans were left highly impressed. However, during the film’s shoot, their co-star Mamta Kulkarni was unhappy with their steps in the song ‘Bhangra Paale’. She told them to rehearse more, leaving Shah Rukh and Salman in shock.
Shah Rukh said that rarely has anyone reprimanded him and Salman Khan, however, Mamta Kulkarni scolded them during Karan Arjun’s shoot. “Unko laga humari step badi kharab hai. Unka theek tha, humne gaana kharab kar diya. Main aur Salman khade the, Mamta ji ne humko aisa kiya (sharply whistles and makes a beckoning gesture). Pehle toh Salman aur maine dono ne udhar dekha…humko thodi na bol rahi hogi waise (She thought we did the step terribly. She did a good job, we messed up the song. Salman and I were standing, when she sharply whistled at us and made a beckoning gesture. Initially, Salman and I looked the other way, because we did not think she was calling us like that),” Shah Rukh said in an appearance on Salman’s Bigg Boss.
Salman told Shah Rukh that Mamta was calling him. “So, I went, aur unhone humein bohot clearly bola, ‘Dekho, rehearsal karke aaya karo kyunki main step theek kar rahi hoon aur tum log bohot kharab kar rahe ho (and she very clearly told us, ‘Look, please rehearse and come on the set because I am doing the step right but you are doing a terrible job),’” Shah Rukh said.
All this while, Salman and Shah Rukh thought that they were dancing like Prabhu Deva. “Hum itne khush ho gaye the lekin badi beizzati kharab ho gayi uske baad. Phir humne cheating ki, hum raat ko jaage roz subah 5 baje tak utni hi rehearsal karte the jitni shooting hai. Uske baad jab first time jab humne step kiya, we got it right and she got it wrong (We were so happy but when she scolded us, it was a huge insult. So we cheated, we used to stay up all night and rehearse till 5 am, but we would learn only the part that would be shot. After that, when we did the step for the first time, we got it right and she got it wrong),” Shah Rukh said.
