Chunky
Panday
made
his
debut
in
Bollywood
with
Pahlaj
Nahlani's
Aag
Hi
Aag
opposite
Neelam
in
1987.
But
there's
a
hilarious
story
about
how
the
actor
landed
his
first
big
break
in
the
Hindi
film
industry.
Recently
when
Chunky
appeared
on
comedian-actor
Cyrus
Broacha's
talk
show
on
YouTube,
he
recalled
how
his
inability
to
tie
a
knot
indirectly
helped
him
in
bagging
his
debut
movie.
The
Saaho
actor
revealed
that
he
had
worn
a
'churidaar'
with
a
'naada'
for
a
wedding.
Post
chugging
a
few
extra
beers,
Chunky
went
to
relieve
himself
at
the
washroom.
While
he
was
struggling
to
open
his
'naada'
at
the
urinal,
it
was
Pahlaj
Nihalani
who
came
to
his
rescue.
Chunky
recalled,
"I
have
a
problem,
I
can
tie
a
knot
but
I
can't
open
it."
He
recalled
how
he'd
gone
for
a
wedding
one
day,
wearing
a
'churidaar'
with
a
'naada'.
He
said,
"I
had
a
few
extra
beers,
so
I
ran
to
the
washroom
to
relieve
myself
and
I
couldn't
open
my
naada.
And
I
was
screaming,
'Koi
mujhe
help
karo
(Somebody
help
me)!'
They
thought
I
was
really
funny."
He
said
that
somebody
actually
came
forward
to
help
him
out,
and
it
was
none
other
than
Pahlaj
Nihalani."
The
actor
said
that
he
nearly
fainted
when
Pahlaj
Nihalani
introduced
himself
as
the
director
of
Govinda-starrer
Ilzaam.
"Can
you
believe
it?
We
got
talking,
and
there
was
no
internet
in
those
days.
So
we
start
having
this
conversation,
and
he
asked
me
'What
do
you
do?'
I
said,
'I'm
a
model,
I'm
trying
for
films.
Sir,
what
do
you
do?'.
He
said,
'I
just
made
a
film
with
Govinda
called
Ilzaam'.
I
nearly
fainted.
I
passed
out.
I
said,
'You're
Pahlaj
Nihalani!
Such
a
pleasure
meeting
you'.
Without
washing
my
hands
I
was
trying
to
shake
his
hand," Chunky
revealed
on
the
show.
A
few
days
later,
the
Aankhen
actor
ran
into
Pahlaj
at
a
party
where
they
recalled
this
hilarious
encounter
and
laughed
over
it.
The
next
day,
Pahlaj
called
him
over
to
his
office
and
offered
him
his
first
film.
"I
went
to
meet
him,
and
I
thought
it
was
one
of
those
party
conversations,
but
he
actually
signed
me
for
my
first
film.
So
this
is
what
I
keep
telling
people,
you
never
know
when
it
happens," Chunky
told
Cyrus.
Earlier
in
one
of
his
interviews,
Chunky
had
revealed
that
he
was
banned
before
Aag
Hi
Aag
released
on
the
big
screen.
Explaining
the
reason
behind
the
same,
the
actor
had
explained
that
while
they
were
shooting,
the
film
industry
went
on
a
strike
and
those
who
continued
filming
were
blacklisted
from
working
again.
However,
the
ban
on
Chunky
was
soon
lifted
after
Pahlaj
Nihalani
intervened.
Workwise,
Chunky
Panday
was
last
seen
in
Kunal
Kemmu's
Zee5
thriller
series
Abhay
Season
2.