Mubarakan is releasing on July 28 (Courtesy: @AnilKapoor)
Highlights
- Satish Kaushik was the first to offer a sardar role to Mr Kapoor
- "Couldn't do it, My loss," Anil Kapoor tweeted
- Anil Kapoor is playing the role of Katar Singh in Mubarakan
Actor
Anil Kapoor, who has played roles across genres in his career, recently revealed that why not accepting a role offered by Satish Kaushik was a "loss" for him. The
Mr India actor, who is playing the
role of a sardar in his upcoming movie
Mubarakan, told his fans on Twitter that director Satish Kaushik was the first filmmaker to offer him a role of a sardar but he couldn't do it. The actor apologised the helmer saying: "my loss." It was when Mr Kaushik praised the 60-year-old actor for his sardar look in Anees Bazmee's next film,
Mubarakan, and wrote: "Kapoor
saheb looking superb as London Sardar..Have a great shoot.
Mubarkan." It is also Anil Kapoor's first movie with
nephew-actor Arjun Kapoor.
On Thursday morning, Anil Kapoor shared a picture of him sporting a turban (his look in the movie) from the sets of the film and wrote a quote by novelist J K Rownling, which reads as: ""But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."- J K Rowling." Mr Kapoor, who is playing the role of Kartar Singh in the movie, earlier told PTI that: "Essaying the role of a sardar is a challenge. This is the first time I will be wearing a turban for a full-fledged role and for me it is a crown and a symbol of pride. Wearing a turban comes with a big responsibility and I am glad that Anees Bazmee, Sony Pictures and Cine1 Production chose me for this film."
Also, actor Arjun Kapoor shared a picture from the
Mubarakan sets and shared with his fans that he to work in a "graveyard shift" for the shoot. He will be seen in a double role and one of the roles he is playing is of a sardar.
Mubarakan is a comedy film about a big fat Indian wedding with Ileana D'Cruz and Athiya Shetty playing the leading ladies. The film is slated to release on July 28.