After Shaktimaan controversy, Mukesh Khanna says Ranveer is a ‘good actor’

Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, famous for his iconic role as Shaktimaan, highly praised Ranveer Singh’s performance in his latest film ‘Dhurandhar’. Describing the film as “excellent”, Khanna called Ranveer a “good actor”. This comes a year after he refused to cast Ranveer as Shaktimaan due to his “naughty” image.

Mukesh Khanna praised Ranveer’s energy and powerful performance in Dhurandhar in a video shared on his YouTube channel. He also praised the film’s director Aditya Dhar for his strong writing and creative vision.

The veteran actor said, “Many great adjectives can be used for the movie Dhurandhar. It is a perfect movie, a commercial movie and a movie that the public will love. Every department has done their best, be it acting, directing, action or writing. Everyone has done their best, so you can call this movie a ‘Dhurandhar’ (masterpiece) in every sense.”

Talking about Ranveer, he added: “I want to praise Dhurandhar, Ranveer Singh, the hero of this film. You will say, ‘You did not give him the role of Shaktimaan’. Even though I refused to give him the role of Shaktimaan, he is a good actor, I have always said that. He has tremendous energy in this film and there is a different depth in his eyes because this man came from India and settled in Pakistan. How does he enter this world and become a member of a gang?”

Earlier, Mukesh Khanna had refused to cast Ranveer Singh as Shaktimaan in a film adaptation. In an interview with Filmygyan, the actor said, “Ranveer and I sat and talked for three hours and he is a very energetic actor. But I told him clearly, you can play the role of Tamraj Kilvish (the villain of the story). He has a mischievous positivity on his face. If you ask this actor to play the role of Shaktimaan, he might like it because he will make you dance, but the role of Shaktimaan requires a mature person.” This television program aired on Doordarshan from 1997 to 2005. Mukesh Khanna played both Shaktimaan and his alter ego, photojournalist Gangadhar.

Dhurandhar, meanwhile, has entered the Rs 500-crore club in India. This spy action movie is on track to become the highest-grossing movie of the year.

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