Catch Sammir Dattani, Shaad Randhawa in ladies attire
Features
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Monday,
September
17,
2007
Spurred
on
by
the
success
of
John
Travolta's
drag
act
in
the
new
summer
comedy
block-buster
Hairspray;
a
number
of
Bollywood
directors
are
planning
to
put
their
leading
men
into
ladies
clothes.
One
of
the
first
units
to
incorporate
a
long
drag
act
is
Shashi
Ranjan's
Dhoom
Dhadaka
who
are
currently
shooting
in
Bangkok.
A
longish
drag
act
featuring
the
two
leading
men
Sammir
Dattani
and
Shaad
Randhawa
posing
as
girls
along
with
Shama
Sikandar
and
Aarti
Chabria
was
incorporated
into
the
plot.
Shaad
Randhawa
who
had
also
done
Woh
Lamhe
and
Awarapan
for
the
Bhatts,
says
he
was
uncomfortable
when
he
was
asked
to
get
into
women's
clothes.
"It
felt
funny
to
begin
with.
Obviously,
I
had
never
done
it
before," says
the
young
actor.
"After
my
colleague,
Sammir
and
I
got
into
women's
clothing;
we
just
kept
looking
at
each
other
and
wondering
what
we
were
doing.
Once
we
got
the
hang
of
it,
things
were
fine
and
fun.
Both
Sammir
and
I
realized
that
as
actors
we
would
be
required
to
do
many
things
that
we
are
not
familiar
or
even
comfortable
with.
That
is
what
acting
is
all
about.
In
Woh
Lamhe
I
had
to
abuse
Kangana
physically
and
verbally;
but
I'd
always
go
and
apologize
to
her
after
every
shot."
After
Woh
Lamhe,
Shaad
did
not
want
to
get
typecast
as
a
villain.
The
Bhatts
gave
him
a
choice
of
either
playing
Emraan
Hashmi's
friend
or
the
junkie
villain
(played
by
Purab
Kohli)
in
Awarapan.
Shaad
opted
for
the
more
sympathetic
role.
The
nephew
of
the
legendary
Mumtaz,
Shaad
has
gone
into
comedy
in
Dhoom
Dhadaka.
"My
aunt
offered
to
take
me
around
to
introduce
me
to
producers
in
Mumbai.
But
I
knew
in
the
long
run
that
wouldn't
help
me
at
all.
I
wanted
to
do
it
on
my
own,"
says
Shaad
whose
father,
once
a
professional
wrestler,
is
the
brother
of
the
mythic
Dara
Singh.
"I
grew
up
in
an
environment
of
aggression.
But
somehow
I'm
more
a
philosopher
at
heart
than
a
warrior,"
Shaad
ends
shyly,
and
promises
to
remain
loyal
to
the
Bhatts.
"They
gave
me
my
first
and
second
break.
I
can't
let
them
down."