Mahesh
Manjrekar
had
vowed
to
give
up
acting
but
his
new
best-friend
Salman
Khan
keeps
coaxing
him
back
to
the
camera.
For
Salman's
home
production
Dabanng,
Manjrekar
stepped
into
the
role
of
debutante
Sonakshi
Sinha's
father
on
Salman's
say-so.
That
was
meant
to
be
Manjrekar's
swan
song
as
an
actor.
But
now
he
has
again
been
persuaded
to
face
the
camera
with
Salman
for
Anees
Bazmee's
Ready.
The
funniest
part
of
the
director's
enforced
career
as
an
actor
is,
he
doesn't
know
what
his
role
in
Ready
is.
Says
Mahesh,
"Salman
said
you
have
to
do
it.
I
know
I
decided
I
won't
be
acting
anymore.
But
you
can't
say
no
to
Salman.
He
said,
'You're
in
Ready
and
you're
part
of
my
family
in
the
film.
Beyond
that,
all
I
know
is
I
play
a
positive
role
for
a
change."
Story first published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 12:32 [IST]