In the 50th episode of Pinkvilla’s Baatein Ankahee, Anupam Kher opens up on arriving in Mumbai with Rs 37 in his pocket, the initial struggling days, how he bagged his first project - Saaransh - and the journey since. He also talk about battling loneliness in Mumbai, facing depression, cursing Mahesh Bhatt, refusing 1 lakh for Amitabh Bachchan’s Sarkar, working with Dilip Kumar, acting schools being called ‘shops’, missing Satish Kaushik, his equation with Naseeruddin Shah, and about Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn’s stardom. Check it out!
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0:00 - Promo
0:47 - Introduction
1:23 - Irish coffee and struggling days
4:42 - Loneliness & Mumbai
9:36 - Depression for 3 years
14:36 - Entourage culture
20:54 - Dilip Kumar & Karma’s slap scene
25:26 - Cursing Mahesh Bhatt
27:21 - Refusing 1 lakh for Sarkar
32:23 - 1st feeling of being rich
39:38 - Been advised to wear a wig
40:17 - Facing rejections
43:23 - Ratna Pathak’s comment on acting schools
44:36 - Sikandar Kher’s message & ChaalBaaz
52:32 - Naseeruddin Shah
53:48 - Satish Kaushik’s loss
57:12 - SRK, Salman, Aamir
58:36 - His fitness journey
59:38 - Juggling 19 films together
1:01:07 - Being from the mountains
1:03:45 - Shah Rukh Khan & stardom
1:05:44 - Finding oneself
1:07:30 - 43 years in Mumbai
1:08:03 - Outro
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