The director has broken his silence and was quoted saying, “I was very upset when I read what he said. I could be wrong, and maybe it has been misinterpreted, but if he has complained, I am shocked.”
Filmmaker Priyadarshan and Arshad Warsi collaborated for the first and the only time in the 2004 comedy Hulchul, which also had Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Jackie Shroff, and Amrish Puri in crucial roles. This is something Warsi has said back in 2024 and said again in an interview with The Lallantop about how working in the film was a bad experience.
Now talking to Mid-day, the director has broken his silence and was quoted saying, “I was very upset when I read what he said. I could be wrong, and maybe it has been misinterpreted, but if he has complained, I am shocked.”
Priyadarshan also said, “After the release, he called and told me, ‘Priyan sir, I never thought that I would get this kind of appreciation’. Why would he say that when it was one of my hit films? I am very upset and deeply hurt by these accusations from Arshad. He had no reason to complain.”
What
Arshad Warsi said
It was a problem. I was very busy at that time and was doing a lot of films, and Neeraj Vora told me that there is a film which is being directed by Priyadarshan. I was like wow, and said done. I asked for my role and I was doing good work at that time.
Neeraj told me that my role in the film would be similar to what Akshay Kumar played in Hera Pheri. He told me it was one of the leads. He said it is the same thing as Akshay’s role and Akshay’s role was superb in
Hera Pheri, and I said yes thinking that.
I was taken aback after reaching the set, and I don’t think
Priyadarshan even knew about it. It was not his fault. He didn’t know about it. He just knew that there is this guy who is doing this character.
I was standing on the set wearing oversized shirt and I thought to myself, ‘What am I doing here?’ At that point I saw the film’s chief AD walking in wearing the same shirt and I realised he is also my designer of the film or I was just wearing his shirt.
It was a mess but since it was a commitment, I finished the film. I wore my own clothes in half of the film because I was not able to understand whether they are giving me a nighty or a shirt to wear.
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