In an exclusive interview with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan for Lehren Retro, dynamic husband-wife duo Akashdeep Sabir & Sheeba elaborate upon some untold tales & unheard exciting instances revolving around your favourite mega stars of Bollywood like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan & Amitabh Bachchan! Watch the couple's candid chit-chat at your favourite digital destination Lehren & www.lehren.com. #salmankhan #shahrukhkhan #amitabhbachchan #akashdeepsabir #sheeba #sheebapodcast #lehrenretro #podcast
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00:00Today, actors are so big and they are surrounded by stars, bodyguards, security, so you are
00:13watching Shah Rukh at that table.
00:15The actor's house.
00:17The actor's party goes to the party, no one is safe.
00:22So, what are you talking about Shah Rukh at that table?
00:26When we went to someone's wedding, we went to Bollywood.
00:30I, Pankaj Udaas, Shiba, Himalaya, Bhagishri, all of us were on a table.
00:34We were all on a table, we were all on a table.
00:36The security came.
00:37I saw that the actor, the Rampal Shah Rukh Khan, the group came together and sat on that table.
00:42Now, we are talking about ourselves.
00:45We have a lot of eye contact.
00:47I don't know if we are showing him or not.
00:49I don't have a number.
00:51I don't see him.
00:53So, Shiba said,
00:55When?
00:56Talk to him.
00:57You are so fond of him and you are friendly with him.
00:59I said, no, it doesn't look nice.
01:00You know, breaking the cordon.
01:01It's a fan movement.
01:02Hello, hello, sir.
01:03Hello, hello.
01:04I felt so ashamed.
01:10I could have done the same thing.
01:12Hi, ma'am.
01:13Hi, Aakash.
01:14How are you?
01:15I'm fine.
01:16I'm fine.
01:17I'm fine.
01:18I'm fine.
01:19I'm fine.
01:20I'm fine.
01:21I'm fine.
01:22I'm fine.
01:23I'm fine.
01:24I'm fine.
01:25I'm fine.
01:26I'm fine.
01:27I'm fine.
01:28No doubt about it.
01:29Class.
01:30Class.
01:31Class.
01:32He felt a lot of great about it.
01:33Elegant.
01:34All the unique qualities.
01:35I'm not being diplomatic.
01:36Salman is a baby at heart.
01:37Innocent baby.
01:38What would you say?
01:39So, again, when I worked with him, he was that only.
01:43Childish, fun, prankster.
01:45So, I saw that.
01:47Tell me a prank.
01:48So, he did a lot with me.
01:51Plus, with my makeup man.
01:53Tell me.
01:54So, after every meal, I would do yoga even back then.
01:59So, I would sit in Malasana.
02:01In between shots, I was sitting in Malasana.
02:05I was so mad.
02:06I was looking at my lap and I was looking at my lap.
02:13And everybody is looking at me and laughing.
02:15And I thought, yeah.
02:16Why are they laughing?
02:17That crouching thing in Malasana.
02:21I didn't mean from the prank point of view.
02:23More than the prank point of view, I felt that he wears his heart on his sleeve.
02:28I was looking at Salman, right?
02:31Salman.
02:32Then, once also on the set, there was a stunt to be done.
02:35And I was getting very scared.
02:37And I said, no, it won't happen to me.
02:38So, he said to me, if I do it, you'll do it.
02:41I said, yeah.
02:42So, he went and he did the stunt.
02:45And then he looked.
02:46I was standing up.
02:47I was supposed to jump off.
02:49The shot was that I was standing up behind Amrita Singh.
02:53And I fell down a couple of stories.
02:56In that time, there were boxes and boxes, right?
02:59Correct.
03:00We were very primitive.
03:01Absolutely.
03:02So, he said, I'll jump and show you.
03:04There's nothing.
03:05There's nothing.
03:06There's nothing.
03:07There's nothing.
03:08There's nothing.
03:09He was very enthue about work, right?
03:10Yes.
03:11So, he jumped and said, see, I jumped.
03:12I'm okay.
03:13I'm fine.
03:14Everything is okay.
03:15Do it.
03:16Do it.
03:17So, roll, camera, action.
03:19I jumped.
03:20I jumped.
03:21I was shocked in the body.
03:23But the impact.
03:24Yes.
03:25There's a way to fall on the guard box.
03:27I started screaming.
03:30I said, what the hell?
03:31I felt so much.
03:32You said, nothing happened.
03:34He said, I felt like that.
03:36But I said, if I tell you, you would jump.
03:38Good job.
03:39Okay.
03:40So, I think that was quite a prank to pull on me.
03:43Yeah.
03:44But he was very sweet and good fun.
03:46I think he remains one.
03:47Yeah.
03:48Sweet.
03:49I mean, life obviously has changed for all of them.
03:52Success has taken them elsewhere.
03:54But I think, essentially, they were…
03:56Larger than life's success.
03:57So, we bump into each other.
03:58I remember last, we were at Anand Pandit's birthday party and he walked in and he was walking
04:03up to the stage to give some, to say a few words.
04:06Suddenly, he saw Shiba standing there in the VIP section with us and Abhishek, Karthik
04:12and Tiger.
04:13We were all immediately stopped and called out to our band.
04:16Met us, Swami, Dev.
04:17He could have kept walking.
04:19Hmm.
04:20That's the same thing that Shahrukh broke the security.
04:22He came and hugged me.
04:23Yeah.
04:24Love you, bye.
04:25So, the point is, they're all very sweet and it's very sad.
04:28My own friends, I remember taking a friend of mine at the Macau Aifa Awards up to Shahrukh's
04:35room where the after party was being held.
04:37He was…
04:38So, when Shahrukh was all set on the dance floor, Shahrukh was standing there.
04:43So, I said, Shahrukh, my friend from Bombay, he's a big car dealer and those car dealers
04:49were sponsoring that time Aifa.
04:50So, he won a ticket because he was the largest sale guy in Bombay.
04:54Wasan Ford, Chambur.
04:55So, he's, I said, really related to me and also big fans of yours.
05:04I have to say it.
05:05So, Shahrukh was very sweet.
05:07Hello sir.
05:08You think, Shahrukh, after meeting you now, I realized, I thought, how old man is he.
05:15How old man is he.
05:16How old man is he.
05:17He doesn't know you.
05:18What do you expect him to fall at your feet and prove to you that he's nice.
05:22He's saying that to Shahrukh.
05:23On his face.
05:24Okay, now, but today when I'm seeing you, my God, you're such a wonderful guy.
05:27So, my point that I'm trying to make is, those who don't know these actors and are not
05:32given the table with them or the chair with them, they just make up their mind.
05:36Yeah, true, true.
05:37Now, you've been there for so long, Bharti, before us, Sanju.
05:41You meet him, he's like a baby, Jaggu, Aki, Salman, Shahrukh.
05:48We're talking about guys who lasted 40 years.
05:50They're so beautiful people, such beautiful people.
05:53Abhishek epitomized, he's an epitome of culture and no man, please sit, I'll get you a drink.
06:00Very good manners.
06:01The way he's brought, all of them.
06:03Who is his dad?
06:04Oh, his father.
06:05That's where it's come from.
06:06You spoke of Mr. Bachchan.
06:07Yes.
06:08When my father was making Saath Hindustani, Sunil Dutt had his preview theatre at Ajanta, where he's to stay.
06:15Yes.
06:16So, he said, Manmohan Ji, take a look at it.
06:19It was a film, right?
06:20It was a real.
06:21He said, he's an interesting actor.
06:23He wanted me to have a second hero in Rishma or Shera.
06:25So, he was the cameraman, Ramchandar Ji.
06:27He's no more.
06:28So, Dutt and my dad were the cameraman.
06:30So, I was a child.
06:32I got together.
06:33In 1972.
06:34In 1972, we saw Saath Hindustani.
06:39After that, as usual, after the trial, daddy and him had a drink.
06:43We were sitting in Ajanta's lobby.
06:45So, Sunil Duttis Singh, man, this man is intense.
06:49But he said, what will I do with the sound?
06:53Imagine.
06:54But he's looking at a look at Bacchan's point.
06:57But he's looking at me and he signed Rishma and Sheda, which was a song.
07:00He was a song.
07:01Exactly.
07:02But Amita Bacchan said, you can sing with the song.
07:04So, this is a time.
07:06Correct.
07:07Correct.
07:08There's a time, there's a perception.
07:11When he comes to Tarachand Barja, he says, he's like a camel.
07:15You can go and write your poetry like your dad.
07:19So, you're happy.
07:21I, Salman, was the last qualified for Rajshri's acting.
07:26Out of 20.
07:27I remember that there was another actor like Kamran Rizvi.
07:30Yes, he was.
07:31Yes, he was.
07:32Shabana Azmi.
07:33He was doing Vicky Khan.
07:34And now he's doing some shows in Lagos.
07:37There were a lot of people.
07:38I loved him.
07:40No, no, you must hear this.
07:42He was probably not in Salman's film.
07:44He was super hit on Nadia.
07:46Yes.
07:47Super hit 100 weeks.
07:48Absolutely.
07:49Govind Munish Ji, director.
07:50After that, Babul was making a Hindi film.
07:54He was a heroine.
07:56He was in the audition of Salman and I.
07:58He was in the audition of the audition.
08:01He was in the audition of the audition.
08:03The audition of the audition of the audition.
08:04He was in the audition of the audition.
08:05And now it's ended.
08:06Then, the audition of the audition of Ruman is actually a singer.
08:07I said,
08:09Akash, you could stay back home.
08:13Govind Munish Ji, hello sir.
08:16He said, sir, you are selected.
08:18Salman is not selected.
08:21He asked me for the audition.
08:23Who was the audition of Prathikaat?
08:25Who was the audition of Sujata Mehta?
08:26I said, Akash, you are now looking at Sujata Mehta.
08:28So, Govind Ji has asked me in the audition of the audition.
08:30I met a girl of Babul and I met Salman and I loved Salman.
08:34This is destiny.
08:37Absolutely.