In an engaging Podcast with Lehren, Chunky Panday talks about his unbreakable bond with Akshay Kumar & Salman Khan. The star also elaborates upon his glamorous house parties being the eventful meeting ground of Bollywood celebrities. The De Dana Dan guy concludes with an interesting incident related to his debut film's (Aag Hi Aag) co-actor Neelam & producer Pahlaj Nihalani.
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00:00 There are a whole lot of these small small stories about you
00:03 I want to know which of them is true and which of them is not
00:07 All are 100% true and all are 100% false
00:10 Tell me about Akshay Kumar
00:15 Because you guys seem to get along like a house on fire
00:19 I have known him the longest I have known anyone in the film industry
00:23 I have known Akshay Kumar since 1986
00:26 When we were in Madhumati class
00:28 I was passing out and he was very young
00:31 He had just come out of school and had come to train
00:34 So like we teach seniors and juniors
00:39 Teachers teach later
00:41 So whatever we taught him, dancing, dancing
00:46 We used to only train him, the students used to train him
00:49 So he once said in an interview that
00:52 Whatever I learnt initially was through Chunky Patni
00:56 And it was so wrong that it didn't work in my film
00:59 And then I decided to change
01:02 And whatever Chunky Patni taught me, I unlearned it
01:06 And I learnt something else
01:08 And I became Akshay Kumar and I loved that
01:11 Because of course he came and his first few films
01:14 But you know, when I saw Akshay Kumar for the first time
01:19 I knew he is a star, even as a kid
01:21 Sometimes you get to know
01:23 What is it about him that you feel?
01:26 I just, you get that vibe
01:28 I have seen that in a lot of people
01:30 I mean I have been 99% of the times right
01:34 But I have seen so many first-timers
01:37 And you kind of know
01:38 What do you feel about Ahaan, your nephew?
01:41 And I will be biased, he is my nephew
01:43 But even other
01:44 He is a born star
01:45 Born star, okay
01:47 Very good looking boy
01:48 Superstar, he has got that confidence, the aura
01:52 And a niceness
01:54 And a niceness, he is a very good kid
01:55 So that was the great
01:57 Akshay Kumar, so that has continued
02:00 You guys have a
02:01 We didn't work for a long time
02:03 And then finally we ended up doing Housefull
02:05 And what a blast we had doing
02:07 Before Housefull, we did this
02:10 De Dhana Dhan
02:11 Oh my god!
02:12 Where I made Noni Chadda, Priyadarshan's film
02:15 And it was a very funny film
02:18 Very very funny character
02:20 Paresh Rawal was my daddy in the film
02:23 I had shot in Singapore
02:25 You know the whole water tank breaks in the hotel
02:28 But we get along with a house
02:30 Like a house on fire
02:31 He is too good
02:32 And now Ananya is also doing a film with him
02:35 So I am so excited for her
02:38 That she is getting a chance to work with him
02:40 It's a very interesting film
02:42 So yeah that was Mr. Akshay Kumar
02:45 But he is like
02:47 I will tell you on the sets
02:49 It's such a pleasure to have him
02:51 Because he improvises so much
02:54 And he improvises for everyone which is good
02:57 It's not only for himself
02:59 So he really likes to create and make scenes
03:02 Which is lot of fun
03:03 And it's great to see an actor doing that
03:05 You know you feel like giving more
03:07 So that's why if you see all these Housefulls
03:09 And all why there is so much Tamasha
03:11 Akshay is a very big contributor to that
03:13 So is Ritesh, so is Sajid Khan of course the director
03:17 And then Sajid Nadiatwala who is the producer
03:19 He also jumps into the frame
03:21 He also has a wacky sense of humour
03:23 So it's all, you know that energy
03:25 Do you also contribute?
03:27 I don't need to, I have got so much talent contributing
03:30 Tell me what should I say
03:32 Okay
03:33 Salman Khan also
03:35 You have a great equation with him
03:37 Yes, oh my god
03:38 I mean he is like a kid from our street
03:40 He is down the road
03:42 Galaxy Apartments, I have known him
03:44 Since I think forever
03:46 And then Seema was once married to Sohail
03:48 That was much much much much later
03:50 But of course again like Shahrukh
03:52 I have seen this guy grow from
03:54 You know
03:56 I remember he had done a film with Rekha
03:58 Yes, yes he had done a film
04:00 Suddenly came Mene Pyar Ke
04:02 And he just became the sensation of the
04:04 Nation of the world
04:06 And just grew from strength to strength
04:08 And he has had so many of these phases in his life
04:10 But I guess every actor goes through it
04:12 So yeah there is this story which
04:14 Akshay Kumar tells everyone only
04:16 Salman also sometimes tells
04:18 Everyone about the
04:20 Where we had gone to South Africa
04:22 For a show
04:24 And I told him
04:26 Let's go for shopping
04:28 And I will
04:30 Get you free jeans
04:32 So we went shopping to a mall
04:34 And I gave him
04:36 Free jeans, shoes
04:38 And later he came to know
04:40 That I had taken 50,000 dollars from the shopkeeper
04:42 To get Salman Khan
04:44 (Laughter)
04:46 To bring Salman to the show
04:48 Of course they would have been
04:50 Salman is worth much more
04:52 But I mean like
04:54 And I ate all the 50,000 dollars
04:56 So now I will tell you
04:58 There is truth to that
05:00 That the shopkeeper did pay 50,000 dollars
05:02 But he paid 50,000 dollars
05:04 For sponsorship of the show
05:06 He was a sponsor
05:08 And the deal was that you have to get Salman Khan
05:10 To visit also
05:12 That was the background
05:14 So what Salman is saying is the truth
05:16 But not quite in the same way
05:18 It's also a back story
05:20 Of course
05:22 And is it true that Salman was signed for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
05:24 From your house that Karan saw him there
05:26 So I believe
05:28 I heard in Karan Johar's interview
05:30 That they met at my place
05:32 Somewhere and signed
05:34 So lot of things have happened
05:36 Lot of couples have met in my
05:38 Seema and Sohail met at my
05:40 Gulshan Grover met his ex wife
05:42 At my place, Bobby met Tanya here
05:44 So yeah
05:46 Sajid Khan signed Bobby Deol
05:48 For Housefull 4
05:50 And that night they had come for my birthday
05:52 Or something and they spoke about it
05:54 So they have been like my house has been
05:56 A meeting place for lot of people
05:58 And lot of things that have happened
06:00 And your first co-star Neelam
06:02 Is it true that she fell
06:04 Off the bike when you were
06:06 Shooting your first film with her
06:08 So okay
06:10 For my first film I had to
06:12 Tell a couple of lies because
06:14 Nilani asked me if I know how to ride a horse
06:16 I said sir I have won
06:18 The derby of last year
06:20 I had not seen a horse before
06:22 So you know how to ride a bike
06:24 Sir I am evil cannibal
06:26 I ride a bike
06:28 And that's what happened
06:30 I couldn't ride the bike well
06:32 So I took up full speed
06:34 Tried to do a wheelie and fell
06:36 And she got hurt because she was in a frock
06:38 I got saved because she was wearing jeans
06:40 And the silencer burnt her leg
06:42 So yeah it was quite
06:44 Okay okay so it was a fiery experience
06:46 Yeah fiery
06:48 Aghiyaag
06:50 And Aghiyaag
06:52 I believe Pelaj Nilani
06:54 Saw you in a washroom
06:56 And that's how you became an actor
06:58 In the bathroom of Holiday Inn
07:00 I wore a churidar kurta
07:02 I wanted to be like Amitabh Bachchan
07:04 But that day Amitji joined politics
07:06 So he was wearing a churidar kurta
07:08 And my problem is
07:10 I can tie a knot but can't untie it
07:12 I came in first place
07:14 And I was shouting in the bathroom
07:16 Someone untie my knot
07:18 No one was ready to help
07:20 Suddenly Pelaj said
07:22 I will help you
07:24 He didn't know who you were
07:26 I didn't know who he was
07:28 There was no social media
07:30 And he is a producer
07:32 So then I asked him
07:34 I said I had a lot of beer
07:36 I had a lot of beer
07:38 He also had a few
07:40 I said sir what do you do
07:42 I just made a movie with Govinda
07:44 He said oh god
07:46 I said what do you do
07:48 I am a model and I want to be an actor
07:50 You come to my office tomorrow morning
07:52 That's how it happened
07:54 And before that I was struggling for 3 years
07:56 I didn't get any film
07:58 I was shortlisted in high bar films
08:00 Which Aditya Pancholi got
08:02 Then I
08:04 I was shortlisted for Abhimanyu's role
08:06 In Mahabharat
08:10 Yes in Mahabharat
08:12 In B.R. Chopra's office
08:14 In fact I couldn't do that
08:16 Then I finally did an ad film with him
08:18 I was trying for a long time
08:20 Then I was
08:22 I gave screen tests for B. Subhash
08:24 In Rajshriya office
08:28 After 3 years I got my film
08:30 And that also by fluke
08:32 Thanks to your NADA
08:34 Thanks to my NADA
08:36 If I didn't go to the bathroom
08:38 You might have interviewed someone else
08:40 That's the beauty of the film industry
08:46 What happens
08:48 We are here just to
08:50 Tell beautiful stories
08:52 But that's the beauty of life
08:56 That's how we became from animals to humans
08:58 Because we could tell stories
09:00 No other animal can tell a story
09:02 So yeah
09:04 So yeah
09:06 (upbeat music)
09:09 you