Actor Arjun Rampal was very stressed out while shooting for Daddy.
“Everyday, there was a pressure while shooting of the film. This film (‘Daddy’) is like a pressure cooker because it’s a tense subject. We had to take permissions and rights of a lot many people before making this film,” Arjun said on Wednesday night at a special screening of the movie.
“This film has a huge cast and it is set in many different periods, so to bring authenticity in that part was a difficult task, but I am very happy with the end result,” he said.
Directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, the movie is based on the life of Arun Gawli, a real-life Mumbai don. Rampal says that it was the most difficult film he’d ever done.
“It’s the most difficult film that I have done. It’s a tough character to play because it’s a portrayal of a person who is living. So, I hope I’ve justified it and audience will like this film,” Arjun added.
Ahluwalia said it’s not a typical gangster film, but a movie on real characters.
“I’m really happy and proud of this film. I hope everybody loves it because it’s a different film. It is not a typical gangster movie. It’s a real film of real character.”
At another event, Rampal revealed that he was starstruck when he met Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt. “With Amitji. For the first time when I saw him, I really got starstruck. And once when I saw Sanjay Dutt. I remember it was in 1990, when I had just passed out of school. And we had gone to this small club called RG’s, which was then located in Natraj Hotel. I don’t even know whether Natraj Hotel exists now or not.
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“But (it was) on Marine Drive, and I had come out and I saw that Sanjay Dutt who was at his prime and one of the most good looking personalities, was on the phone and was talking. Because at that time you know you used to put these coins and then rotate it, not a mobile phone, in the PCO, he put those coins and he was talking to someone.
“And I was like in awe wondering, this is Sanjay Dutt. And I was like let’s go meet him. And I stood there and stood there and after two minutes he said ‘hold on’. And was like ‘huh?’. And I was so shocked, imagine the question I asked, ‘Sanjay Dutt?’ And he was like ‘What do you think?’ and was on call again.”
Arjun Rampal’s next release is Daddy, in which he shares screenspace with Aishwarya Rajesh. Rampal plays Arun Gawli in the film scheduled to release today.