Ajay
Devgan
turned
into
the
great
grumbler
throughout
the
shooting
of
Ekta
Kapoor's
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai
because
he
was
forced
to
wear
white
clothes.
It's
a
known
fact
that
Ajay
loves
colour
and
he
griped
on
and
on
about
sticking
to
one
colour.
Reveals
Ekta,
"In
a
biopic,
the
central
character
should
have
one
distinctive
trademark
feature
that
stands
out
so
we
thought,
'why
not
let
Ajay
wear
white?'
We
had
made
40
different
sets
of
clothes
for
him
in
various
colours
but
couldn't
use
them.
We
had
to
scrap
them
all." Also,
as
reported,
his
character
is
inspired
by
an
underworld
don
of
the
'70s
who
only
wore
white.
It
is
believed
that
he
even
lived
in
an
all-white
house.
Milan
says,
"We
did
research
on
what
people
wore
at
that
time
and
discovered
that
white
was
a
predominant
colour
in
the
'70s
while
the
fabric
most
sought
after,
was
double
ghoda
bosky.
In
Kachche
Dhaage,
Ajay
wore
a
white
pathani
suit
at
his
father's
funeral
and
looked
good
in
it.
In
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai,
it
was
his
own
idea
to
wear
pathani
suits."
Luthria
adds
that
Ajay
would
get
bored
of
wearing
white
every
day
and
keep
cribbing.
"He
was
sick
of
white
at
the
end
of
the
shoot.
He
would
grumble
that
there
was
nothing
different
and
why
couldn't
he
simply
wear
the
same
outfit
over
and
over
again!
He
was
completely
pakaoed
with
the
colour."
In
OUATIM,
Devgan
plays
'70s
gangster
Sultan.
The
character
is
based
on
a
gangster
during
the
'70s
who
loved
the
colour
white.
Sultan
hates
black
as
he's
worked
his
way
up
as
a
coalie
(hauling
coals)
in
the
docks.
Since
he
dealt
in
work
that
wasn't
'white',
he
hated
anything
to
do
with
the
colour
black.
The
colour
also
expresses
the
leashed
power
and
aggression
in
Ajay.
Ekta
believes
that
white
would
have
instant
recall.
People
remember
and
reconnect
with
Sultan's
power
when
they
see
him
in
a
single
colour
throughout.
He
is
calm
and
organised.
He
claws
his
way
from
the
bottom
to
take
over
the
city.
Story first published: Friday, July 23, 2010, 16:20 [IST]