Shatrughan Sinha got me a role, Amitabh Bachchan recommended me for a movie,” he revealed, adding that while insiders ‘do have it easy’ at first, it is the audience who decides to make someone a star. “I’m a product of hard work, but insiders did help me. Gulshan, known for playing negative roles in films such as Ram Lakhan, Avtaar, Hera Pheri and Gangster, also weighed in on the insider-outsider debate. So, it’s sincerity and hard work that eventually pay off,” he said.

“I used to stand outside people’s offices for hours this is after I was a trained actor. Last year, in an interview with Hindustan Times, Gulshan recalled his initial struggle in Bollywood. The first photos of Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale Jonathan Ross goes behind-the-scenes of Casino Royale in Film 2006 A special report from the. That upset the producers, who replaced me with Mads Mikkelsen,” he said.Īlso see: Gulshan Grover reveals he was refused Moroccan visa because of Shah Rukh Khan. “Unfortunately, it appeared before a formal announcement was made. Gulshan was finalised to play Le Chiffre but ended up excitedly telling one of his reporter friends about it and the news was splashed in the Daily Mirror.

“His Royal Highness’s cousin immediately wanted to know if I was really doing the next Bond film,” he recalled. Its the 21st film in the James Bond franchise. In an interview with Rediff, Gulshan said that he was asked about being the next James Bond villain by Prince Charles’ cousin, when he was at Clarence House in London’s St James Palace for a meeting in 2005. It stars Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright & Giancarlo Giannini.

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