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Mamta Kulkarni starred opposite Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in the 1995 film Karan Arjun.
Mamta Kulkarni worked with Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in Karan Arjun.
Mamta Kulkarni, a prominent face in Bollywood during the 90s, enjoyed a flourishing career that spanned fourteen years and saw her star in around 40 films. She worked alongside industry heavyweights like Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan. Notably, she played a significant role in the iconic 1995 film Karan Arjun, which also featured Salman, Shah Rukh, and Kajol. However, in a recent interview, Kulkarni revealed how Shah Rukh and Salman once mocked her and shut the door in her face.
Mamta recently embraced the spiritual path.
In a conversation with India TV, she was asked about the time she yelled at her Karan Arjun co-stars. The actor said, “No, I didn’t yell at them.” She then asked, “Shah Rukh told you this?” Mamta added, “I will tell you what happened that day. Actually Chinni Prakash was the choreographer of Karan Arjun. Both Shah Rukh and Salman had gone for the shoot and I was sitting alone. After almost an hour and half, Chinni Prakash’s assistant knocked at my door. I said, ‘What happened?’ He said, ‘Masterji is calling you.’”
She added, “Then I went up. There were stairs, when I was climbing up, both Salman and Shah Rukh passed by me and they sniggered. I was quiet. It was about 8 in the evening, and I went to the masterji. He told me, ‘This particular step, you will do it alone.’ I was like, ‘What are you saying?’”
Mamta further mentioned, “The next morning, the first shot was mine. My very first shot was approved. And I saw both Shah Rukh and Salman watching me from behind a bush. And they are laughing again. The next shot was theirs. They had to do a step on their knees in between 5,000 people. They took so many retakes. The director eventually shouted pack up. We all ran to our rooms. I knew last evening they played with me. I didn’t want to give them the opportunity to make the choreographer assign all the steps to me. So when they ran up, so did I. As soon as I came, Salman stopped me and shut the door on my face. This was it.”
She concluded, “Salman is very naughty. I am very punctual. He would always tease me and I would be like, ‘Shut up Salman.’”
