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From Vikrant Massey workingfor 110 hours for Dharam Veer to Shweta Tiwari getting paid for 45 days every month in a TV show; A look at intriguing revelations made on Aapka Apna Zakir

ETimes.in | Last updated on - Aug 19, 2024, 15:49 IST
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From Vikrant Massey working for 110 hours for Dharam Veer to Shweta Tiwari getting paid for 45 days every month in a TV show; A look at intriguing revelations made on Aapka Apna Zakir

'Aapka Apna Zakir' features a wonderfully captivating episode full of interesting chats and a hearty laugh from host Zakir Khan. The starry ensemble of the 'romantic thriller' Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, which stars Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, and Sunny Kaushal, will add some 'haseen' to the episode by revealing some fascinating discoveries about their film and life. In a fun conversation, the actors of 'Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba' discussed their connection, their early days in performing, and delving into some fascinating and undiscovered secrets.

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​Taapsee Pannu on her wedding and keeping her relationship private for 11 years

Zakir congratulated Taapsee for her wedding and asked her about it, she said, "I never tried to keep it private in these 11 years. If you try doing it then everyone would want to know about it. If you aren't hiding then people don't bother. It wasn't like I was hiding him in a closet or something. So it stayed private."

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​Her only condition for marriage

Taapsee shared, "My only condition was that nothing should change, or else I won't marry. We have been together for 11 years, still the same he is in Denmark and I am here. Now he is retired and we have that ritual in Indian weddings where you have to cook, clean and wait for the partner. So he is the retired one between us so he has to do it."

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Vicky and Sunny's Bhojpuri audition

Vicky, a friend of ours, and I would go to auditions together. We would go for all the auditions. One day, it had already been 3-4 hours and we were searching for auditions, we saw a Bhojpuri audition. We knocked at the door and asked sir 'fit not fit' he said saare hi fit ho. We went there and gave the audition and three of us got rejected at the same moment and left."

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​Sunny on his father's reaction to their career

He gets very emotional, he is so happy and feels great. The day he felt like his sons were grown up and would manage their lives, that day he told us that he would do what he loved. That hit us hard, we still cry that we want to work on our terms, papa itne saalon baad bol rahe hai ki apni marzi ka kaam karenge.

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​Vikrant on Aditya Srivastava's popularity

Vikrant shared a fun anecdote on how immensely popular is Aditya Srivastava as Inspector Abhijeet from CID, he said, "Inki fan following itni bhayankar hai, we were shooting outside, I came out seeing 30-40 people waiting. I thought I would give them pictures later but they weren't waiting for me. They were waiting for Aditya ji."

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​Vikrant on working for 110 hours continuously for Dharam Veer

Vikrant was supposed to reveal on truth out of the lies and he shared how he had to continuously work for 110 hours in Dharam Veer. He said, "We were shooting for Dharam Veer and my co-actor who was playing Veer got injured during a horse-riding scene. So suddenly mere scenes badha diye and I was really happy about that but I shot for 110 hours continuously for it. As we had to churn out episodes for the whole week and we had no bank."

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​Shweta Tiwari used to get cheque for 45 days in a month in TV shows

Shweta Tiwari seconds Vikrant's anecdote about working for longer hours continuously she says, "It's true that used to happen in TV shows earlier. I used to get paid for 45 days every month for a TV show. I would shoot for 24 hours, and per day used to be for 12 hours so I used to get paid for 15 days extra."

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Shweta Tiwari's son's reaction to Vikrant Massey's 12th Fail

Shweta shared an emotional anecdote of her son Reyansh's reaction to Vikrant's 12th Fail, "We were watching the film and that scene came where your grandma gives all the money she had saved. And then someone on the bus takes that away from you. My son who is 7 years old was so affected by it. He felt so bad after that scene, that he collected money from my purse as well as his piggy bank, gave it to me and said, 'You know him, please give this money to him'."

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Vikrant on his mother hitting him

Vikrant shared an interesting anecdote, "During college days, there was kinetic and I used to learn that with a friend of mine. I was riding it near our house and I recognised my mom from her bun. I got so scared that I lost my balance and fell in a naala, people gathered and she was passing by. They were trying to carry me and my mother's reaction was 'Sonu tu bike chala raha hai'. After saying that she hit so hard instead of helping me."

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