Jaideep Ahlawat is currently awaiting the release of his movie Jaane Jaan. The actor also starred in Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees and recalling his experience of working with him, the actor said he forgot he was an actor while shooting with him.
In a recent interview with Humans Of Bombay, Jaideep Ahlawat revealed how it was working with Shah Rukh Khan in Raees and how he made him comfortable on the sets. The actor said, “The call time for my first scene was 9.40 in the morning. I was sitting when suddenly Khan Sahab walked in and the whole atmosphere changed, and we greeted each other. It was all ok, I am trained for this (as an actor). I kept looking at him, not making it too obvious. Then we did the rehearsal, spoke our lines.”
He added, “But when the actual take began, then King Khan became the actor King Khan. I just kept looking at him, thinking, ‘I have seen this face millions of times!’ and I became the audience, I forgot that I am an actor. I have been start struck only once in my life and it was with him.”
The actor further revealed how Shah Rukh Khan made him comfortable on the set and said, “Now, I am running ten seconds late (in my reaction). So of course, Khan Sahab figured, he is such a big man. He called for a quick five-minute break and tried explaining to me what had happened so far in the story leading to that specific scene so that I could relate better. He knew that I had to first calm down so that I could be normal. The five-minute break turned into 15-min and he just kept talking to me. Because of that conversation, I became comfortable in his presence and that scene was done in one take.”
He recalled how Shah Rukh pulled his leg after the scene was shot and said, “Jaha bhi teri acting kharab hogi, mera reaction shot daal denge tension mat le!'”
Jaideep Ahlawat further heaped praise on Shah Rukh Khan and said, “Anyone who has met him will say how he makes you feel like the most important person in the world if you are with him. You will be flattered. He truly speaks his heart out. So, the three to four days of shoot was a brilliant experience. I wish to work with him on a longer schedule because he is an experience.”
Helmed by Sujoy Ghosh, Jaane Jaan marks Kareena Kapoor Khan’s OTT debut and also stars Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat. The film is based on a Japanese novel by Keigo Higashino titled The Devotion of Suspect X. The film is scheduled to release on September 21 on Netflix.
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