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From
Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 49, Dated 10 Dec 2011 |
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PSYCHOLOGIES |
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‘I don’t believe in the casting couch at all’
WHO Born to a Punjabi business family, Kapoor went on to become one of Bollywood’s favourite baddies. His most popular avatar till date has been Crime Master Gogo from Andaz Apna Apna. He has starred in over 100 films. He gained notoriety for being caught in an alleged castingcouch sting operation. He was most recently seen as an inmate in the reality show Bigg Boss, season five.
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Shakti Kapoor 59, Actor |
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Do you think putting you in the Bigg Boss house with 12 women and one transgender was intentional?
Hundred percent! That was the reason they tried this gimmick. They thought that Shakti Kapoor would have an affair or do something with the women. On the contrary it didn’t work in their favour because I could handle all the women so nicely, like a family.
How does Shakti Kapoor the family man deal with the Shakti Kapoor as depicted by the media?
The media has started loving me after they saw me in the Bigg Boss house. They say that the man in the house is the real Shakti Kapoor. Now I’m very happy that the m edia has created a different atmosphere. My children are becoming rich, my family is becoming rich and the media is very openly supporting Shakti Kapoor as a gentleman.
Did your parents ever protest against your career in films or about you doing negative roles?
Initially my father did. We are from a business family and we have a shop in Delhi. He said, “why is he doing such villainous roles?” My mother explained it to him that it is a profession. She said that like a doctor goes to a hospital, a teacher goes to a school, the same way your son acts in films where he has to be a bad man.
Had you been a girl and new to the industry, what would have been your take on the casting couch?
Casting couch and rape are two different things. Casting couch is where you promise someone something and you also use that person. That can only be done when the other party agrees to it. I don’t believe in casting couch at all! Had I been a girl, unless I wanted it, it would have never happened. Casting couches are there in all professions, not just films. And everywhere, unless you agree, nobody can use you! That is my funda!
Koshtub Vohra
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