MUMBAI: Juhi Chawla completed Sharmaji Namkeen without Rishi Kapoor, it has been an emotional journey for her as well as for the other cast members. Juhi is happy that the film will be finally released next month on Rishi Kapoor's birthday.

Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30 last year because of cancer. Rishi Kapoor shot most part of Sharmaji Namkeen with Juhi Chawla in early 2020. After the death of Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal stepped in to play his character in the movie. In an interview, Juhi Chawla said that the film will release on Rishi Kapoor’s 69th birth anniversary which is on 4th September.

“We are looking forward to its release on Chintuji’s birthday, 4th September this year,” Juhi said, adding that after Rishi Kapoor’s death, the film’s producers Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Honey Trehan made sure that it was completed on time."

Juhi also shared some details about the film and said that it is one of the funniest scripts and the male character in the film was ''tailormade'' for Rishi Kapoor.

Juhi said, “It is one of the sweetest, warmest and funniest scripts I have heard in some time. When it was first narrated to me, I was excited! The dialogues and moments of the entire film keep you smiling and chuckling with laughter, and Chintuji’s role was tailor made for him,” 

Juhi also said that she was jealous of how good Rishi Kapoor's role was. Juhi and Rishi got reunited in Sharmaji Namkeen after 2016 drama Chalk n Duster where she had a lead role while the veteran star had a special appearance.

“If I closed my eyes I felt I could see him in the scenes and hear him say all those lines. As an actor I was almost envious. We began our shoot in earnest last January. Almost the entire cast was in Delhi and we had a lovely time.” 

Juhi further added “At the end of the month we took a break. A few months later Chintuji’s health took a turn for the worse and we lost him. That was very very sad. The producers of the film Honey Trehan , Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar took it upon themselves to complete the film,”

Juhi and Rishi were an amazing pair on screen, they were seen as pairs in movies like Bol Radha Bol, Luck By Chance and Eena Meena Deeka.

Credits- The Indian Express

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