Shakti Kapoor has revealed that Mithun Chakraborty locked him up in a room, after hours of ragging him, once they first met at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. In his current interview with DD Urdu, Shakti Kapoor additionally recalled that Mithun was his senior on the institute and one of many first ones, who ragged him there. (Also learn: Shakti Kapoor remembers being referred to as ‘Jeejs’ by Padmini even earlier than marriage)
Shakti and Mithun
Shakti and Mithun went on to work in a number of movies collectively, together with Gunda, Guru, Kranti Kshetra, Baadal, Pyaar Ka Karz and Dalaal. Shakti additionally mentioned within the current interview that he was already feeling like a star, even earlier than he entered the premises of FTII.
He befriended Ravi Varman and Anil Varman on their manner from Delhi to Pune and had a couple of meals in 5 star motels with Vinod Khanna, Rakesh Roshan and Rajesh Roshan. Ravi’s sister was married in Vinod’s household and since they stayed at her home in Khandala, they occurred to satisfy their household associates from the movie business as properly.
Having began his Bollywood journey in 1977, Shakti bagged his well-known roles in with Sanjay Dutt’s Rocky and Feroz Khan’s Qurbaani in 1981. He went on to create a spot for himself together with his comedian in addition to villainous roles throughout the 80s and the 90s. He was most just lately seen in Prime Video’s Guilty Minds and can now be seen in Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal.
When Mithun ragged Shakti
“By the time we reached Pune, I had a beer in my hand and felt like a star. We reached the hostel, Rakesh Roshan was there to see me off. I noticed that there was a man standing on the gate, he was carrying a dhoti and had a rippling muscular physique. His dhoti had so many holes you might not even rely. He was dusky. He noticed Rakesh Roshan and touched his toes. I had a beer in my hand and I requested him, ‘You wanna have some beer?’ He refused and mentioned it’s anyway not allowed within the institute after which launched himself – he was Mithun Chakraborty... Cut to, they (Rakesh and different) left and a handheld me by my leg. He dragged me to a room, threw me on the ground and questioned ‘You asked a senior – you wanna have some beer?’ (How dare you)?”
Shakti said that Vijayendra Ghatge joined Mithun and soon, the entire room was dark, except for a spotlight on Shakti. “These are all my seniors, and there I’m sitting on the ground. Mithun then advised his associates about me after which they joked about my hair – tere zulf jo hai, raat ka andhera, tu jo sir mudwae savera ho jae. Unhone kainchi nikali aur savera kar diya (They made enjoyable of my hair after which minimize it off with scissors). I felt unhealthy, and I regretted doing what I did. I realised I used to be improper.”
Mithun additionally saved Shakti from ragging
Shakti additional recalled being advised to swim for 20 minutes in a chilly night time and he urged them to let him merely return to Delhi. Mithun then got here to his rescue. He took Shakti apart and advised him to at all times bear in mind the way to behave with seniors, earlier than locking him inside a room so everybody else thought he was not there within the hostel, in any other case he would have been ‘paraded till morning’.
Shakti additionally revealed that he had by no means even thought of appearing until the time he obtained a letter from FTII, Pune, for a written take a look at. His good friend had crammed up a kind, after which he was invited for the take a look at.
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