Mukesh Khanna expressed anger against Ranveer Singh
A video of Mukesh Khanna went viral on the internet where he spoke about the rumours of Ranveer Singh being cast as Shaktimaan in a film. Makers announced Shaktimaan will be remade with 3 parts. Ranveer Singh is reported to be finalized for the leading role. Mukesh Khanna in that video expressed about his disagreement on this choice. Khanna is the OG Shaktimaan, as his show aired on DD National.
Childish and Unfitting
His objections were a result of Singh’s new photoshoot where he went nude and Khanna called this ‘childish’ and ‘unfitting’ for the role of Shaktimaan. He said that Ranveer could never embody the essence of Shaktimaan and he should seek roles in other countries where nudity is prevalent, if he only wishes to showcase his physique.
Instagram Video
Taking to his Instagram, the veteran actor had shared a collage photo of himself and the Simmba actor, and wrote, “Pura social media mahinon se is rumour se bhara pada tha ki Ranveer karega Shaktimaan. Aur har koi naaraz tha ise lekar. Main chup raha. Lekin jub channels ne bhi elaan karna shuru kar diya ki Ranveer sign ho gaya hai. To mujhe muhn kholana pada. Aur maine bol diya ki aisi image wala vyakti kitna bhi bada star kyon na ho Shaktimaan nahin ban sakta. I have put my foot down. Ab aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya?
YouTube Video
On his YouTube channel, Khanna had slammed Singh for his nude photoshoot, that he did for Paper magazine in 2022. In the video, he asked the latter to go to countries such as Spain and Finland where there are nudist camps and he can go nude in every third scene of a film. “Agar nude photoshoot kar diya toh ismein hum logon ko kya aapatti honi chahiye, kya hum iske liye used to nahi hain? Yes, hum iske liye used to nahi hain. Maryaada mein rahiye (If you have done a nude photoshoot, then what should we expect, are we not used to it? Yes, we are not used to this. Stay in your limits)”, the veteran actor had said.
Deletes Videos
Ranveer Singh’s fans expressed their anger on this videos. They got very upset as the veteran actor said a lot about Ranveer Singh. So Khanna decided to delete all the videos as he was facing backlash from the fans. They started trolling the veteran actor.
Basil Joseph as Director
There have been reports that actor-director Basil Joseph, who helmed the 2021 Malayalam superhero film Minnal Murali starring Tovino Thomas in the lead role, would direct the Ranveer Singh-starrer Shaktimaan film. But, no official announcement about the actor or the director has been made till yet.
Ranveer is gearing by for Don 3
Ranveer is shooting for Singham Again. After that the actor will soon start prepping for Don 3 . This will release in 2025. In Singham Again, he will be having shorter role but it will be an important one. In Don 3 he will paired opposite Kiara Advani.