Looking Back: SRK consumed rum amidst Devdas shoot says actor Tiku Talsania

Looking Back: SRK consumed rum amidst Devdas shoot says actor Tiku Talsania

Actor Tiku Talsania recalled that Shah Rukh Khan had consumed ‘rum’ amidst
‘Devdas’ shoot, as he felt it necessary for him to look inebriated in the midst of the shoot for the film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.during the shoot of Devdas.

In the 2002 released film Devdas, Shah Rukh Khan played the famous literary alcoholic.

In many of the scenes, Shah Rukh actually consumed alcohol, because he believed that it was necessary to have “aankhon mein sharab” for his character to look authentic.

In a recent interview, his co-actor from the film, Tiku Talsania, revealed how Shah Rukh would drink during the shoot because he believed that it was necessary for the character.

Talking to Digital Commentary, Tiku, who played the role of Dharamdas in the film, shared, that they were shooting in the afternoon under the scorching sun and he was taking shots of rum one after another. He asked SRK, what was he doing? We have to act’.” SRK while responding to Tiku in a Devdas-like manner, said,
“‘Sir acting toh ho jayegi. Aankhon mein sharab dikhti nahi hai na, uska kya (Sir, acting will happen. But the inebriation won’t reflect in my eyes. What about that?).”

Tiku, amidst complimenting Shah Rukh further, added, that is a fantastic thing – acts a bit drunk)
You are you can pretend to be drunk, but if the alcohol doesn’t reflect in his eyes, then how would the scene work?) And for Devdas, not having daaru (alcohol) in his eyes…

Tiku then called Shah Rukh a “genius” who “works very hard on his character.” In the same conversation, he also recalled how Shah Rukh would walk into the set of Devdas with his own shot breakdown even though Bhansali was the director of the film. The two would then sit together and discuss the breakdown that both of them had prepared and then proceed to shoot.

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