Tinnu Anand Reveals Unheard Personal Incident About 1988 Shelved Film Shanaakht

Wanting to uncover unheard tales about Rajinikanth, we reached out to ace actor-director Tinnu Anand to share recollections of the celebrity, particularly relating to the shelved movie Shanaakht (1988), which additionally starred Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit. Anand revealed a never-before-shared reality:

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“I imply, I simply don’t have phrases sufficient to reward this man. Yes, I used to be speculated to do a movie with him referred to as Shanaakht (1988), directed by me. He had come down for the Mahurat with Amitabh, Madhavi, and Madhuri Dixit. I shot for 5 days with Amitabh in RK Studios, after which I went off to see Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988), first day, first present. And then I discovered that the story was similar to mine. Mine was stuffed with motion, however the romantic a part of the movie with Amitabh was the identical. So I went to Amitabh and mentioned, ‘What is that this? How come the story is identical? And you by no means advised me?’ He mentioned, ‘But yours is motion.’ I mentioned, ‘No, however the romantic angle is strictly the identical. A person has misplaced his reminiscence, a woman falls in love with him, however he’s already married; he doesn’t know. I mentioned, it’s the identical. I’m not going to make this movie.’

I misplaced some huge cash. But someday, each Rajinikanth Garu and I had been taking pictures for various movies on the identical studio. He despatched phrase that he’d like to satisfy me. I mentioned, ‘Don’t inform him to come back, I’ll come to his make-up room.’ We met, and he requested me, ‘What occurred to that movie? You have by no means come again for dates.’

1988 Shelved Film Shanaakht |

I had given him a signing quantity. I mentioned, ‘I’ve dropped the movie, sir.’ He was shocked. He mentioned, ‘Why? How come you spent a lot cash in your shoot?’ I mentioned, ‘Yes, that’s a loss. But anyway, I can’t keep on dropping cash on a script which has already been made.’

Then his secretary got here later within the night and requested, ‘Sir, will you be house tonight?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I’m going straight house.’ Around 9 pm, the bell rang, and the secretary mentioned, ‘Mr. Rajinikanth has come. He’d like to satisfy you.’ Rajinikanth got here and mentioned very soberly, ‘You’re not making the movie. But I promise you I’ll offer you dates on one other movie. But proper now I can’t carry this cash. This is sort of a load on me.’ He requested if it was money or a verify. I mentioned, ‘A verify.’ He mentioned, ‘Okay, I’ll write a verify and return the cash.’ I actually began crying.

Here was a person who stands very tall, with nice integrity, love for his occupation, and love for the folks he works with. This was Mr. Rajinikanth Garu. I at all times tip my hat, bow my head in entrance of him. An amazing man. His stardom exists due to this humbleness. It pays off in the long run. And it pays off in a really large approach. I really like you, Rajini Garu. May you reside perpetually. Cheers.”