Jimmy Shergill in a new interview with Bollywood Hungama talked about working on Rajkumar Hirani’s Munna Bhai MBBS, which released in 2003. Jimmy revealed that he used to drive from Pune to Film City, Mumbai every day for the shoot and sleep in the hospital beds that were part of its sets movie. (Also Read: Jimmy Shergill: I’ve experimented throughout my career)
Jimmy on set for Munna Bhai MBBS
Talking about the shooting process of the Sanjay Dutt starrer in his interview with Bollywood Hungama, Jimmy said “Shaam ko sundown hota tha packup hota tha toh mein drive karke film city ata tha. Jab log light up kar rahe hote the main wahi kapde pehenke , hospital ke, usi bed pe so jata he. Kyunki mujhe pata tha ki poori raat shoot karna hein. Jab shot ready ho jata tha ye log utha dete the…bimaar toh lagna hi tha. Logon ko lagta tha ki waah character hi hein ye (At night, I would drive to Film city. While Munna Bhai’s crew was lighting the location, I would wear the hospital patient uniform and sleep on one of the fake hospital beds that were part of the furniture sets, because I knew we had to shooting all night. People would think he’s really a character actor).
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Munna Bhai MBBS is considered one of the cult films of Bollywood and starred Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani. Jimmy Shergill played the role of a cancer patient in the film. In the same interview, Jimmy also spoke about his bond with Arshad and revealed how they both debuted in the same year, 1996, and have remained friends ever since.
On the work front, Jimmy will next be seen in the heist comedy drama Choona. The Netflix series, which also stars Namit Das and Monika Panwar, is written and directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra, who is known for Taj Mahal 1989 and Ghoomketu. It is scheduled to be released on September 29.
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