The late veteran actor AK Hangal, celebrated for his roles in classics like "Sholay" and "Bawarchi," was also a revered theater artist. A freedom fighter turned Padma Bhushan recipient in 2006, Hangal later voiced dissatisfaction with the honor. Explore this flashback interview with the iconic actor.
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00:00I am not happy with the Padma Bhushan
00:03What will I do with it?
00:06Look at the luxurious houses we live in
00:09I have made so many sacrifices to live in a rented house
00:12We also know how to enjoy, it's not a big deal
00:15But they only enjoy, they don't do any work
00:18Earlier the leaders were good, the people were good
00:23Now neither the leaders nor the people are good
00:31If we talk about films, you have worked with many directors
00:35Who were very close to you, whom you liked to work with?
00:39Director, actor, why and for what?
00:42See, with me, there was a director, Rishi Keshmukarji
00:48And a Bengali director, Basu Chatterjee
00:52Basu Bhattacharya
00:56I have worked with many actors
01:01Many big actors
01:06Amitabh Bachchan
01:09I have worked with him
01:12And there was another famous actor
01:17I have worked with Shashi Kapoor
01:21And many other famous actors
01:24Sanjeev Kumarji
01:27Sanjeev Kumar was my student
01:30In acting
01:33My acting was different from others
01:37It was natural
01:40My acting was not artificial
01:43It was natural
01:47When we worked in dramas
01:50Sanjeev Kumar came to us
01:53I gave him the role of an old man
01:56In a drama
01:59He was a very intelligent boy
02:02Then he had an interview
02:05I used to say, flowers have bloomed
02:08In that, Tapasam had interviewed him
02:13He said, I am very happy to hear this
02:16He said, whatever I am today
02:19Is because of A.K. Hangal
02:22He said, I remember him
02:25But
02:28I have not kept any friendship with anyone
02:32I have worked with so many actors
02:35With girls and boys
02:38I have worked with Zeenat Aman
02:41I have worked with Raj Kapoor
02:44I have not kept any friendship
02:47I am an adult, I am not an adult
02:50You should have equal friendship
02:53Do you still come to meet him?
02:56No, I don't go
02:59I don't want to go
03:02What can I do?
03:05I have accepted that they are adults
03:08I can't do anything
03:11What can I do?
03:14When Sanjeev Kumar died
03:17I was in Lucknow
03:20There was a military leader
03:23He was from Bangladesh
03:26He was a military leader
03:29He had a big name
03:32Everyone was sitting
03:35Someone said, Sanjeev Kumar is dead
03:38Sanjeev Kumar was shivering
03:41Believe me, I cried so much
03:44Everyone was sitting
03:47I was crying
03:50They asked, why?
03:53I said, I had a good relationship with him
03:56That night I didn't eat
03:59I stayed in a hotel
04:03I was so sad
04:06But Sanjeev Kumar never came to my house
04:09I never went to Sanjeev Kumar's house
04:12I lived separately
04:15I didn't have any friendship
04:18Did you have any glamour in Bollywood?
04:21No, I was never touched
04:24How difficult was it to stay away from glamour?
04:27People wanted to be glamorous
04:30Yes, but I lived well
04:33I used to go out in suits
04:36My clothes were better than theirs
04:39But I wasn't glamorous
04:42I wasn't glamorous
04:45I never got into that
04:48Sometimes I fell in love
04:51Sometimes I fell in love
04:54Sometimes I ate
04:57In all these years
05:00What changes have you seen in India?
05:03What changes have you seen in India?
05:06What changes have you seen in India?
05:09What changes have you seen in India?
05:12In the past, leaders were good
05:15People were good
05:18Now neither the leaders nor the people are good
05:21Every day there is news
05:24There is news of corruption
05:27Corruption
05:30Hanging, poison
05:33Everything is going on
05:36Whoever you look at
05:39He is a good person
05:42He is a bad person
05:45Those who lost their power after the war
05:48After the war for freedom
05:51Except a few people
05:54The rest were not good people
05:57Those who lost their power after the war
06:00They were not good people
06:03They were not good people
06:06They were not good people
06:09If you go to jail for 6 months
06:12And become a leader
06:15You are not good
06:18What is your character?
06:21What sacrifices have you made?
06:24What do you think of the country?
06:27Money
06:30If you have money, then there is no sacrifice
06:33There is no character
06:36What do you do for the society?
06:39How many sacrifices do you make for the society?
06:42That should be
06:45There were people who made sacrifices
06:48Then the people who came later
06:51The people who came later
06:54They came to earn money
06:57Look at the leader
07:00He is wearing a Gandhi cap
07:03He is a millionaire
07:06He sits in a car worth 5 lakhs
07:09Looking at this
07:12I feel bad
07:15I feel bad that people let go of their freedom
07:18For what?
07:21For the benefit of the common man
07:24Common man of India should get something
07:27Poverty should be removed
07:30But the picture has changed
07:33It is the opposite
07:36The advantage is that we are free today
07:39Earlier we were not free
07:42Now we are free
07:45We can change the government
07:48We can change the law
07:51This is a big advantage
07:54The rest of the society
07:57Corruption should be solved by the government
08:00I can't do it
08:03Corruption has increased
08:06We take small children to big cars
08:09We crush people
08:12We are proud of it
08:15What are you?
08:18I feel bad
08:21When I was young
08:24There was a movement for freedom
08:27Very good people came
08:30Very good people came
08:33They didn't want anything for themselves
08:36They used to wear Khaddar
08:39The time has come
08:42After getting freedom
08:45Then it is about money
08:48Look at the luxurious houses
08:51I have made so many sacrifices
08:54I am living in a rented house
08:57This is a rented house
09:00I pay only 150 rupees rent
09:03Tell me
09:06It is old
09:09I don't have any property
09:12I don't have any property
09:15There are so many names
09:18Kalam is giving Padam Bhushan
09:21There are names
09:24There is no money
09:27There is no money
09:30Because we didn't join the movement for money
09:33So the character was different
09:36Look at it now
09:39I feel so bad
09:42Rich people take cars
09:45They crush people
09:48Big cars
09:51Modern nightclubs
09:54We know what a nightclub is
09:57We know how to have fun
10:00But they only have fun
10:03They don't do any work
10:06They live on their father's earnings
10:09Isn't it?
10:12I feel bad
10:15Now
10:18There is an example of Sanskrit
10:21There is an example of Sanskrit
10:24He was a king and his subjects
10:27When kings are like this
10:30The subjects are like this
10:33Today's politics is very bad
10:36Today's youth don't take interest in politics
10:39Because they know it is corruption
10:42It is their father's earnings
10:45It is corruption
10:48Young people crush their children
10:51Under their cars
10:54Every 4th or 5th day
10:57They crush their children under their cars
11:00What is this?
11:03I feel bad
11:06I don't want Padam Bhushan
11:09What will I do with it?
11:18I feel bad