Shah Rukh Khan-led Jawan featured several ace artists who made the movie a success. Among them was content creator Viraj Ghelani who played a minor role in the Atlee Kumar directorial. The actor recently found himself in a soup when he said in an interview that “it was my worst experience ever”. Soon after his statement made headlines, the Govinda Naam Mera actor issued a clarification and divulged that his comments had been misinterpreted and blown out of proportion.
During an exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, Viraj Ghelani spoke of his statement about Jawan on The Having Said That Show podcast. He clarified that his statement came up as it did because of the lack of better. Talking about his role in the Atlee Kumar actioner, he said that most of it was actually cut in the film even though he had shot for around 13-14 days. He added that out of the many days he shot for his part, only the scenes that were shot on day one were taken in the final cut.
Hence, he was left disappointed when he saw that film with his fiancé and realized that the majority of the scenes that he shot were trimmed. “I was a bit disappointed in that particular moment. It wasn’t my worst experience shooting and working in that film,” he told the publication. The 31-year-old also exclaimed that his statements were blown out of proportion and the comment that he made about being spoken to rudely on the sets was also misinterpreted.
Shedding light on it, he said that every set has several people present, it’s not just the directors and actors. Some random people were talking rudely to him but the director was “actually the sweetest”. In fact, he also called him for a role in Baby John, but due to prior commitments, he had to give it a pass. Moreover, he didn’t even shoot with Shah Rukh Khan. “Our sequences were on different days. Baat ka batangad bangaya befaaltu mai. Pata nahi kahaan se kahan baat pahuch gayi,” Ghelani quipped in Hindi.
For those unversed, Viraj shared his experience of working with SRK and Atlee in Jawan during a podcast. Stating that “it was my worst experience ever”, he elaborated about the work culture on the set which wasn’t very pleasant, according to him, “Creators are cast for their clout only,” he also alleged. Jawan also featured, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, and many others.
