Sharad Kelkar’s PERFECT imitation of Jackie Shroff steals the show at Kaali Kheti trailer launch; talks about dubbing for Yash in Ramayana and jokes, “Teeno lokon mein sirf Kelkar raaj hoga!”
Jackie Shroff, Sharad Kelkar, Neha Sargam, Spandan Sameer Javalagi, director Haris Imtiyaz Khan, cinematographer Kiran Deohans, and producer Sana Khan attended the trailer launch of Kaali Kheti at a multiplex in Mumbai. As expected, Jackie Shroff was in his element and raised laughs in his ‘Bhidu’ style dialogues. But the surprise of the afternoon was Sharad Kelkar.
Sharad Kelkar began by saying how he bagged the film, “I was at a farm in Karjat when I was told by a friend that Haris would come and narrate a script to me. When you’re on a holiday, you need to request your wife, ‘Just give me 30 minutes. I’ll hear the script and then come back’. She agreed. They came and when they left, my wife told me, ‘3 ghante ho gaye hain tumko’! I reasoned, ‘Kahaani acchi thi; isliye sunn raha tha’. Toh iski wajah se jhagda hua. Lekin uss jhagde ka phal accha hua (laughs).”
He then surprised one and all by perfectly mimicking Jackie Shroff. In Jackie’s style, he said, “Bhidu, bada maza aaya tumhaare saath kaam karke, bhidu! Kaayko itna tension lene ka, bhidu? Subah aane ka, shooting karne ka, ghar jaane ka, bhidu. Bas!”
During the Q-and-A session with the media, a journalist remarked how Jackie Shroff and Sharad Kelkar looked convincing as father and son. Sharad quipped, “Handsome log aise hi dikhte hain! Usme koi badi baat nahin hain!”
Jackie Shroff praised Sharad, “Yeh itna khoobsurat actor hain ki kuch bhi kar sakta hai woh!” Sharad was overwhelmed and he hugged Jackie Shroff.
Sharad Kelkar revealed, “If you shoot with him (Jackie Shroff) for 4 days, you’ll start talking like him! We play farmers in the film. I naturally look a bit tanned. We were shooting in open fields. So, my boy would hold the umbrella for me. He would tell me, ‘Kya kar le raha hai, bhidu? Idhar aa dhoop mein, dhoop kha. Vitamin D le, bhidu’.”
Yet again, Sharad’s imitation of Jackie Shroff was spot-on and it brought the house down. Even Jackie Shroff was amused. Sharad then continued his story and said that he had no choice but to ditch the umbrella and stand under the harsh sun. He added, “I automatically got very tanned, as a result!”
Towards the end of the event, a journalist praised Sharad Kelkar for voicing Yash as Ravana in Ramayana. Sharad Kelkar, in a lighter vein, stated, “Teeno lokon mein sirf ek ji raaj hoga, Kelkar raaj!”
He continued, “On a serious note, I must compliment Yash. The way he has performed in the film, nobody could have done it. He is such a brilliant actor. His thehrav and the way he has essayed the part, I think it’s phenomenal. Hence, he’s getting immense appreciation. In fact, it was a challenge to dub for him because he was so good in the film.”
Kaali Kheti releases in cinemas on November 20.
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