फिल्म व टीवी अभिनेता पंकज धीर को महाभारत के कर्ण का रोल निभाने के लिए जाना जाता है। पंकज धीर ने कर्ण को रोल इतने शानदार तरीके से निभाया था कि लोग आज भी उसकी तारीफ करते हैं। पहले पंकज धीर को अर्जुन का रोल करने के लिए कहा गया था। पंकज के मुताबिक वो करीब 3 महीने अर्जुन के रूप में घूमते रहे। पर बाद में बीआर चोपड़ा ने पंकज से कहा कि तुम्हे अर्जुन के एक किरदार बृहन्नला के लिए अपनी मूंछे निकलवानी पड़ेगी। इस बारे में लहरें से बात करते हुए पंकज धीर ने कहा कि उन्होने बीआर चोपड़ा से कहा कि वो मूंछ नहीं निकलवाएंगे। इसके बाद बीआर चोपड़ा ने गुस्से में आकर स्टूडियो का दरवाजा दिखाया और ऑफिस से बाहर जाने को कहा। जानिए इसके बाद की रोचक कहानी खुद पंकज धीर की ही जुबानी। #pankajdheer #mahabharat #karna #arjun
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00:00There is a saying that if you want to play the role of Brahm Nalla, you have to shave your moustache.
00:05I said, no sir, I won't shave my moustache.
00:07He said, that's the door, get out of there and never come back here again.
00:10Sagar sir made Ramayana and Chopra sir made Mahabharata.
00:13The content was so good that people still remember it even after 40 years.
00:21I didn't have any information. I was a boy from Bombay.
00:24I was an English medium student. I didn't know a word of Sanskrit.
00:27When the dialogue was given for the first time, I started sweating.
00:31Many people may not know my real name.
00:33But they will definitely say that this is Karan.
00:36This impact is not there in today's date.
00:49When Mahabharata sir was offered to you, you were given the role of Arjun.
00:54You made that role because of the sprain.
00:58When I gave my audition, Rahim Masoom Raza, who was a dialogue writer at that time,
01:06Bhring Tupkari and Pandit Narendra Sharma ji, they all had a big panel.
01:12They all thought that I will look very good as Arjun.
01:15So they said, sir, you become Arjun.
01:17We shook hands and became a contract.
01:19I got all the praises.
01:21In 2-3 months, I kept roaming around as Arjun in Bombay.
01:25In the third month, Mr. Chopra called me to his office and said,
01:29Mr. Bharkhodar, the thing is that if you want to play the role of Mr. Brannalla,
01:34you will have to shave your moustache.
01:36I said, sir, I can't do that.
01:38He said, why?
01:40I said, sir, my face balance is such that if I shave my moustache, it won't look good.
01:46He said, are you an actor?
01:48I said, no, sir, I won't shave my moustache.
01:54He was very disappointed.
01:56It was a big foolishness on my part.
02:00As an actor, what is a moustache?
02:04But at that time, I was understanding that.
02:07He said, that's the door, get out of there and never come back.
02:10He threw me out of the office.
02:12As soon as I got out of the office, everyone started asking me,
02:16what are you doing?
02:18It's just a matter of 15-20 days and then you will get a moustache.
02:23I said, no, I won't do it.
02:25I was thrown out of the office for 6 months.
02:28My contract was terminated.
02:30I kept roaming around as Arjun in Bombay.
02:32Then I kept dubbing.
02:34Now, this is the destiny.
02:36Mr. Chopra called me again and asked me to come to his office and play the role of Mr. Karan.
02:42I said, sir, will I have to shave my moustache?
02:44He said, no.
02:46I said, sir, I will definitely do it.
02:48It was my destiny to play the role of Karan.
02:51And it's history.
02:53Till date, people have given so much love that
02:57the children's school books,
02:59in which there is a chapter on Karan,
03:01my face is shown.
03:03What could be a bigger thing than this?
03:05You were at the forefront of popularity at that time.
03:08Yes.
03:09When Mahabharata came,
03:11I still remember,
03:13there used to be a popularity poll in those days.
03:15In that, Rajiv Gandhi,
03:17Amitabh Bachchan,
03:19my third name used to be there.
03:21In the whole village,
03:23if I go to any corner of India,
03:25people used to love me a lot.
03:27I have seen that time too.
03:29It was great.
03:31How do you see that era, sir?
03:33Like the first Ramayan came,
03:35it was seen on TV.
03:37The two texts,
03:39Ramayan and Mahabharata,
03:41are the foundation of our cultural heritage.
03:46It is the base of our culture.
03:48If we talk about this country,
03:50it was very important that
03:52these texts come forward.
03:54Films used to be made earlier.
03:56But when Sagar sir made Ramayan
03:58and Chopra sir made Mahabharata,
04:00the content was so good
04:02that even after 40 years,
04:04people still remember it.
04:06Many people may not know
04:08my real name,
04:10but they will definitely say
04:12that it is Karan.
04:14This impact is not there
04:16in today's date.
04:18Because it is difficult
04:20to get this content.
04:22And I will say that
04:24our heritage,
04:26our culture,
04:28our history,
04:30there are so many stories
04:32in it.
04:34Even today,
04:36it can be world class.
04:38But these days,
04:40we are making strange shows.
04:42No one understands what is happening.
04:44I am not complaining.
04:46But the environment is strange.
04:48Yes.
04:50The environment of TV has become
04:52very bad.
04:54OTT had come.
04:56I thought it would be good.
04:59But now,
05:01there are so many abuses.
05:03Strange scenes.
05:05It is not necessary.
05:07When you were offered
05:09to play the role of Karan,
05:11did you have that much knowledge
05:13about Karan?
05:15Or did you realize
05:17that this is the most powerful
05:19character of Karan?
05:21I had no knowledge.
05:23I was a boy from Mumbai.
05:25I was an English medium student.
05:27I did not know a single word
05:29of Sanskrit.
05:31When I was offered the role
05:33for the first time,
05:35I went to Mr. Rai.
05:37He said,
05:39do one thing.
05:41Read Bharat Times Hindi paper
05:43so that you can
05:45practice your words.
05:47So, I started that.
05:49Secondly,
05:51I had some books.
05:53Like Rashmi Rathee.
05:55And one was
05:57Mrityunjaya by Shivaji Sawant.
05:59He asked me to read that.
06:01So, I read that.
06:03After that,
06:05I thought
06:07that
06:09now it is my job
06:11to paint the character.
06:13How he will walk,
06:15how he will stand,
06:17how he will sit among people,
06:19how he will talk.
06:21So,
06:23I did not have abs.
06:25In those days,
06:27there were no gyms.
06:29There used to be wrestling stands.
06:31So,
06:33you may not have noticed
06:35a couple of things.
06:37If you watch Mahabharat,
06:39I have never shown my face.
06:41Never.
06:43Whenever I played the role of Karan.
06:45One reason for that was
06:47that Karan was from a low caste.
06:49When he used to sit
06:51among kings,
06:53he used to be very conscious.
06:55If he was conscious,
06:57he would not blink his eyes.
06:59So, that was a very impactful
07:01physical thing for me
07:03as an actor.
07:05Secondly,
07:07there were very loud characters
07:09on both sides.
07:11Duryodhan and Shaguni.
07:13They used to shout so loudly
07:15that I thought
07:17if I also shout,
07:20then I will also be seen.
07:22So, by underplaying,
07:24the role was played.
07:26People started to sympathize.
07:28So, I did such things
07:30on my own.
07:32I can very proudly say
07:34that this is my contribution
07:36as an actor.
07:38You played the role very passionately.
07:40People loved your character.
07:42It is said that
07:44when the scene of Karan's death was telecast,
07:46people started to miss
07:48you.
07:50I have read that
07:52you were invited to MP.
07:54How was that incident?
07:56Karan's character
07:58dies.
08:00At that time,
08:02the Chief Minister
08:04of Madhya Pradesh,
08:06Arjun Singh,
08:08got a desperate call
08:10from Mr. Chopra
08:12asking about Karan.
08:14He said that
08:16he had to send Karan
08:18to a tribal village
08:20in Bastar district.
08:22So, I was sent to Bhopal
08:24by helicopter.
08:26When I reached there,
08:28I saw that
08:30at least 5,000 to 7,000 people
08:32were lying on the ground
08:34and everyone cut their hair.
08:36Karan died.
08:38I was shivering
08:40thinking that
08:42this also happens in our country.
08:44At that time,
08:46they weighed me in silver.
08:48They kept looking at me.
08:52I said,
08:54I am fine.
08:56I have died in a serial.
08:58I am fine.
09:00These are the things
09:02that happened in those days.
09:04Karan's temple was also built
09:06in some places.
09:08It is like this.
09:10When something works,
09:12a lot of things get connected.
09:14But,
09:16that was a time.
09:18Now, this is also a time.