Subhash Ghai says Shatrughan Sinha's biggest problem was that he was never on time; calls Jackie Shroff a 'bad actor'

Subhash Ghai has tagged Shatrughan Sinha as an ‘overconfident’ actor in a recent interview. Ghai, who is the Rakhi brother of Sinha’s wife Poonam Sinha, made his directorial debut with the 1976 film Kalicharan, featuring Sinha in the lead role.

Speaking to Arbaaz Khan on his chat show The Invincibles Series season 2, Subhash Ghai described different kinds of actors in the business. The filmmaker said, "Paanch kism ke actor hote hai sir. Ek hota hai non-actor, aur ek hota hai bad actor (There are five types of actors, one is non-actor and another is bad actor). Bad actor was Jackie Shroff. Actor is Anil Kapoor... joh overconfident the who hamesha Shatrughan Sinha the. Shatrughan ka sabse bada problem tha ki woh time pe kabhi nahi pahuchta tha (Overconfident actor was Shatrughan; his biggest issue was that he was never on time)." Over the years, Subhash Ghai and Shatrughan Sinha worked on two more films - Vishwanath (1978) and Gautam Govinda (1979).

During the conversation, Subhash Ghai also opened up about casting Shah Rukh Khan in his movies. Recalling their differences, the filmmaker shared, "Jaise maine Pardes mein Shah Rukh Khan ke saath kaam kiya. Uske aur mere beech manmutaav chalta rehta tha, tu-tu main-main chalti rehti thi (I worked with Shah Rukh in Pardes. We had our share of disagreements)." Post this incident, Subhash Ghai apparently decided not to work with big stars. "Phir Karz (1980) ke baad maine socha jitney bhi current stars hai unke saath picture nahi banani hai agar picture asli banani hai (After Karz I thought I will not work with current stars if I want to make a good film)."