Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Gulshan Grover, Siddharth Jadhav, Bhupendra Jadawat, Jamie Lever, Girish Kulkarni, Simran Ashwini, director Nagraj Manjule, producer Siddharth Roy Kapur, writer Abhay Pannu and Nikhil Madhok, Head of Indian Originals at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, attended the trailer launch of their web series, Matka King, in Mumbai. Gulshan Grover stole the show with his arresting presence and mass-appealing quotes.
He said, “I have always maintained that ‘Sunta main kisi ki nahin, manta main kisi ki nahin’. But for the first time, I met a fascinating director. Throughout the shoot of the show, I just listened to him. When you watch Matka King, you’ll realize how this director has created a beautiful web series with the amazing participation of Amazon Prime Video, the writers and the producers.”
He continued, “I don’t know if I can share this. One day, I felt ‘Yeh director mujhe same kapde kyun pehna raha hai?’. That day, we were shooting a scene of me in a government office. I had this logic that I should get dressed in the best way. I convinced the costume person to give me a different set of clothes. I wore those clothes. I looked like Al Pacino!”
He further said, “Nagraj ji looked at me and asked, ‘Yeh kapde pehnna chahte ho aap?’. I reasoned, ‘Yes, I am visiting a government office. I am a big man. I am the asli Matka King’. I could sense that something didn’t go right with him. He categorically told me, ‘Mera mann tha ki aap wohi kapde pehene’ (the one he wore before). I swear to God, I didn’t leave the set. Maine poori unit ke saamne kapde change kiye. I wore the old clothes. This is the respect I have for his creativity.”
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