Shah Rukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om became a massive hit when it was released in 2007. From Shah Rukh’s stellar acting prowess to Deepika Padukone’s powerful Bollywood debut, the film impacted people so much that it has become a classic favourite today. However, another iconic duo in the film were Shreyas Talpade and Shah Rukh. Shreyas, who played Shah Rukh’s best friend, Pappu, recently expressed how he missed working with the superstar and wants to collaborate with him on a “crazy” idea again.
In an exclusive conversation with News18 Showsha, Shreyas said, “We had so much fun doing Om Shanti Om, it was unbelievable. Shah Rukh was already a superstar and I was just entering films. I had done just 3-4 films. The way he took care of me and was secure about me doing improvisations and additions, made a lot of difference. That was the reason our chemistry looked the way it did on screen. Even today people remember us as Om and Pappu.”
“Shah Rukh has that knack for making people comfortable. He becomes your pal from school. My wife also keeps saying that she’d like to see Shah Rukh and me do something crazy together because there was a lot of improvisation in so many scenes. Whether it was us flicking our hair back or speaking like Om Prakash ji, the crazy things we ended up doing, I really miss that. I would like to team up with him again sometime for a film and do crazy things again,” Shreyas said.
While Shreyas awaits a reunion with Shah Rukh, he is gearing up for the release of Emergency, for which he worked with Kangana Ranaut for the first time. Speaking about Kangana as a producer, Shreyas said, “Kangana is quite phenomenal. To execute a film of this scale with the kind of research that she has done is anazing. To produce it, direct it, act in it and play a character who is globally known as one of the most prominent world leaders from India, was a huge responsibility. Hats off to her for pulling it off. She was very thorough with it. Earlier, I was only impressed with her acting skills but now with the way she has pulled off a production of this scale, and direction, I think that’s quite phenomenal.”
Meanwhile, Shreyas Talpade will soon be seen in the Marathi film Hee Anokhi Gath. Shreyas shared that just like the film industries in the South have taken advantage of the rise in popularity of pan-Indian cinema, the Marathi industry should also follow suit.
“They made sure that their films were dubbed and put out on television. My mom is an avid viewer of South films and she knew Allu Arjun before I knew about him. As filmmakers, it is our responsibility to dub those films and have at least one release in those languages. From what I know, Kantara was also released in just a few theatres in Hindi, and then word of mouth caught on fire and look where it is today. We also need to make content which connects universally, then the language doesn’t matter. Films like Bahubali and Kantara and even Pushpa or the latest HanuMan have proved that,” Shreyas said.
Besides Emergency and Hee Anokhi Gath, Shreyas Talpade will also soon be seen in Welcome To The Jungle. He also has Golmaal 5 in the pipeline.
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