Salman Khan’s charity foundation and NGO Being Human was founded in the year 2007. But his upcoming Marathi movie Juna Furniture at Aaji Ajoba Udhyan at Shivaji Park, filmmaker and Salman Khan’s ‘Wanted’ co-star Mahesh Manjrekar made a revelation.
He said, “We always say that Being Human is Salman Khan’s foundation. But it is actually run by Salim saheb. It’s amazing. He has helped lakhs of people. We have a friend Dr Lalit Anande. He was the in-charge at TB Hospital. The only thing he doesn’t do is worship Salim saheb’s image as God. He says that they are always in need of Vitamin C and he always gets all its stock from Salim saheb.”
Actor and filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar was all set to direct Randeep Hooda’s _Swantantrya Veer Savarkar_ that was announced recently. Now the director and the actor of the historical are the same. While speaking to Bollywood Hungama, the filmmaker delved into the details of why he stepped away from the project and what went behind the prep of the film. He said, “The only thing which hurt me was that it seemed as if Randeep had planned to slowly ease me out of the film.”
‘Lived with the story for more than five years’
He revealed, “It was I who approached producers Sandeep Singh and Anand Pandit with the subject. They agreed to work on the project. We then discussed who should play the lead. Randeep’s name came up. We did a look test with him. I realized that he fit the bill. Hence, we signed him. I don’t write dialogues. My screenplay was there, and Sandeep suggested that we get a writer on board.
Meeting Randeep
I met Randeep and I saw that he’s quite sincere and was involved with the subject. We had a couple of meetings. He read several books related to the freedom struggle, World Wars etc. I found it quite interesting. The first draft was read out to him. He had a few issues and that was okay. Then even during the second draft, he had (some objections). I told him, ‘If this is what’s going to happen, there will be a problem in the film’. He assured me that once the script is locked, he won’t question anything.