Mumbai: Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni, who was Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan’s co-star in ‘Karan Arjun’, recently shared some bizarre incidents from the sets of the film.
During a conversation with India TV, Mamta revealed that Shah Rukh and Salman laughed at her and shut the door on her face on the sets of ‘Karan Arjun’.
She even saw the actors hiding behind bushes and watching her deliver her shot from there.
When Rajat Sharma asked Mamta if she had yelled at Shah Rukh and Salman during the shoot, she clarified, “No, I didn’t yell at them. I am telling you what actually 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’,” recalled Mamta.
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?’ 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,” explained the former actress.
Directed by Rakesh Roshan, ‘Karan Arjun’ had left cash registers ringing at the box office.
The film also starred Kajol and Raakhee in key roles.
Mamta was recently conferred the title of ‘Mahamandaleswar’ of Kinnar Akhara at Mahakumbh Mela 2025, but was soon removed from the post following internal conflict.
