But it was later that Hansraj realized that the senior actress did this to perfect her craft and make their troubled relationship in the movie relatable to the audience. Jugal admitted, “Baad mein pata laga that it was part of her process that she didn’t want us to become close because vo coldness jo hai vo screen pe dikhni chahiye. Sabko pata chala ke ek discomfort hai mujhme aur maa mein bhi. Toh vo both khoorsurati se unhoney kiya tha.” (I later got to know that it was part of her process, and she didn’t want us to become close because the audience should feel the coldness between us on the screen. Everyone was able to see the discomfort between the two characters, Indu Malhotra (played by Shabana Azmi) and Rahul Malhotra (played by young Jugal Hansraj). That she did beautifully.)
For the unversed, in the Shekhar Kapur film, Jugal played the role of Rahul, the son of Azmi’s husband and his second wife.
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