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Backstage with Jeetendra – anchoring his platinum jubilee celebrations in Mumbai.
The veteran star simply refused to utter a word as the interview tape rolled, “No baba… I can dance, romance, fight & mouth dialogue written by others. But no interview. Arre munh-se kuchh ulta-seedha nikal gaya toh!” Finally, I pretended to give up,”Okay, koi zabardasti naheen. No Sawal, no Jawab,” and as I surreptitiously switched the recorder on, “Buss, mazedaar baatein karenge… matlab, ‘Censored’ Mazedaar. Jaise ki… lambi struggle ke baad pehli film ‘hit’ hui, aur gadi chal nikli kya!”
“Arre bilkul naheen…” and then he opened up – and how!
Needless to say that later my part of the baatein were converted into listeners’ questions!