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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, author 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 together with his arresting presence and mass-appealing quotes.
Matka King trailer launch: Gulshan Grover reveals Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan were intrigued by the show’s title; opens up on his failed ‘Al Pacino’ moment: “Maine poori unit ke saamne kapde change kiye”
He said, “I even have all the time maintained that ‘Sunta fundamental kisi ki nahin, manta fundamental kisi ki nahin’. But for the primary time, I met an enchanting director. Throughout the shoot of the show, I just listened to him. If you watch Matka King, you’ll realize how this director has created a gorgeous 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. Sooner or later, 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 wearing one of the simplest ways. I convinced the costume person to present me a unique set of garments. I wore those clothes. I looked like Al Pacino!”
He further said, “Nagraj ji checked out me and asked, ‘Yeh kapde pehnna chahte ho aap?’. I reasoned, ‘Yes, I’m visiting a government office. I’m an enormous man. I’m 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. That is the respect I even have for his creativity.”
At a later stage within the event, Gulshan Grover revealed, “There are numerous elements that may entertain you, get you pondering and it’s set in a really interesting world. Day before yesterday, I had dinner with Shatrughan Sinha ji, Rakesh Roshan ji, Shashi Ranjan, Anu Ranjan etc. Often, while you meet an actor, he’s asked, ‘What are you working on nowadays?’. I told him, ‘On April 17, Matka King will release on Amazon Prime’. Everyone got intrigued by the show’s title. The subsequent query was, ‘Who’s the director?’. I replied, ‘Nagraj Manjule’. I mistakenly mentioned his film’s name as Shararat. Anu Ranjan immediately corrected me and said that it’s called Sairat (2016). This shows how everyone knows about him so well.”
He also stated, “Then, once I told them that Siddharth is the producer, they remarked, ‘He all the time makes interesting content’. That is the conversation we had based on the title of the show. On this very hall, Akshay Kumar and I were seated a couple of days before for an award show. He’s my bhai and my friend. He asked me, ‘Kya naya?’. I told him, ‘Amazon ki series aa rahi hai, Matka King’. He was immediately curious and it led to a conversation in regards to the show. I had an analogous conversation with Shah Rukh, Varun Dhawan and various others. The title immediately takes you to a really fascinating world.”
Matka King releases on Amazon Prime Video on April 17.
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