‘Nana Patekar mentioned that I… – Firstpost

Actor and mannequin Muzammil Ibrahim, who made his Bollywood debut in Pooja Bhatt’s directorial Dhokha claimed that stars like Nana Patekar and Shah Rukh Khan mentioned that he ought to have the perfect debut award over Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya for his 2007 film.

“I believe Ranbir had debuted that yr with Saawariya, and Neil Nitin Mukesh had include Johnny Gaddar. Nana Patekar mentioned that I deserved all of the awards, however wouldn’t get as a result of Ranbir would win. Even I believed I deserved an award for Dhokha, I 100% deserved the perfect debut award. I really feel I used to be higher than Ranbir in Saawariya. I like Ranbir as an actor now, however for those who examine him in Saawariya and me in Dhokha, I used to be higher. Irrfan Khan had instructed Mahesh Bhatt that only a few might have pulled off that half in Dhokha,” mentioned
Muzammil
to Siddharth Kannan.

He shared that he was not invited for the award reveals and added, “I felt that awards reveals have been presupposed to be like a poll, like we see in Oscars. However right here everybody is aware of who’s successful! Solely Ranbir is sitting there, so he’ll win. It’s pre-decided. I felt so unhealthy when Shah Rukh Khan sir known as my title and even mentioned that he thought that I deserved the award extra on stage. As outsiders, we can not even complain about these. We aren’t even invited, how will you are feeling? I felt like crying, I felt so unhealthy. I had so many expectations. I had suffered loads whereas taking pictures the movie, and nonetheless gave an excellent efficiency. I’m an enormous champion of out of doors expertise, the battle we undergo is immense. The trade ought to be taught to not put down outsiders.”

Dhokha additionally featured Tulip Joshi, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Ashutosh Rana amongst others in key roles.