Manoj Bajpayee sings songs from Sharmila Tagore’s film on the sets of Gulmohar

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Mumbai National Award-winning actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is gearing up for his upcoming release ‘Gulmohar’ and playing the role of actress Sharmila Tagore’s son Arun Batra in the film, shared a fan moment that he had with the veteran actress. The actor loved the songs of the actress’ films so much that he kept singing them on the sets of ‘Gulmohar’.

Manoj recalled his first meeting with the veteran actress, saying, “When I first met Sharmila ji, I was thrilled and excited and told her that I had seen many of her old films while growing up, which About Sharmila ji told me, “Manoj calm down.”

Reminiscing old memories, Manoj said, “Somehow the songs of his films stayed in my mind and often I used to hear myself humming songs like ‘Jab bhi ji chahe nayi duniya basa lete hai log’ from the movie ‘Daag’ and Every time this happened, I realized that she was standing either in front of me or behind me while I was singing.”

He said, “It happened a couple of times, Sharmila ji jokingly told me, Manoj, I will beat you. I cherish these memories from the sets. And the fact that she replies to my messages after the film is over , I feel happy that her affection for me is like a real family.”

Directed by Rahul Chittela and starring Amol Palekar, Simran, Suraj Sharma, Kaveri Seth and Utsav Jha, ‘Gulmohar’ is set to release on March 3, 2023, only on Disney Plus Hotstar.(IANS)

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