Matru ki Bijlee Ka Mandola: Imran Khan once wanted to back out of the film

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Imran Khan, who will be seen in a brand new Haryanvi avatar in his next film 'Matru ki Bijlee Ka Mandola', said initially the character was very tough for him and he thought he had made a big mistake taking it up.

"During the first script reading of the film, I was unable to say the Haryanvi dialogues. It was not easy, I felt I made a big mistake and I should back out," he said at the trailer launch of the film here Tuesday evening.

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the comedy-drama also stars Anushka Sharma, Pankaj Kapoor and Shabana Azmi.

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  Vishal Bhardwaj is back with his quirky comedy: 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola'.

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  Among the cast is a brilliantly pink cow that smiles. The film is being released on January 11, 2013.

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  For Imran Khan, piercing his ears for his role in 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola' turned out to be a painful experience after his ears became septic. Anushka kisses Imran in this still from the film.

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  Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is co-produced by Fox Star Studios and VB Pictures Production and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

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  'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola' stars Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Pankaj Kapur, Shabana Azmi and Arya Babbar.

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  Imran, 29, will be seen as a rugged Haryanvi in director Vishal Bhardwaj's comedy 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola'.

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  Pankaj Kapoor's last film was the 2011 satire Chala Musaddi Office Office.

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  Not only was Imran asked by the director to beef up his scrawny physique to play the character and to grow a beard, he also had to get his ears pierced since his character wears ear-rings throughout the film.

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  Pankaj Kapoor had acted in 'Maqbool' a 2004 film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

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  Pankaj Kapoor and Shabana Azmi in a still from the film.

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  Anushka in this still from the film says she has the Meena Kumari complex.

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  Anushka is currently the rising star in Bollywood, having clinched films with most of its leading stars.

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  The 23-year-old model-turned Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, who made her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in a Yash Chopra production, says she was dying to work with the critically acclaimed filmmaker Bhardwaj.

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  Actress Anushka Sharma, who has worked with some of the top guns of B-town in her four-year acting career, is all excited about her forthcoming project, Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola'.

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  Pankaj Kapoor is one of the finest actors of this generation.

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  Imran Khan is playing a guy from Haryana in Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola' and he grew a beard and mustache for the role.

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Imran Khan will be seen in a brand new Haryanvi avatar in his next film \'Matru ki Bijlee Ka Mandola\'.

"When I told him (Vishal Bhardwaj) I won't be able to do it, he said he was sure I could. He had faith in me, even when I didn't," the actor added.

The actor will be playing such a rustic role for the first time and said that he devoted almost two to three months in preparing for the it.

"The role is different. It required a lot of preparation for almost two and a half months. I have always felt that the more we rehearse, the better we perform," he said.

Imran has often worked with new directors like Shakun Batra and Abhinay Deo, but the actor was happy to work with an experienced director this time.

"He (Bhardawaj) was very calm on the set and guided all the performers. Even if something was not working out, he would find a way to make it work. He knows the right way to do things," he said.

Talking about Imran's look in the film, Bhardwaj said that he wanted to give him a completely different look.

"I wanted to see Matru in Imran. I had liked him in 'Delhi Belly' but I wanted to do more. He was very patient with me and we finally achieved the look," he said referring to the actor's over grown beard and rustic look in the film.

All of Bhardwaj's films have strong female characters and the director seems to have maintained the same with his heroine Anushka Sharma as well.

"My female characters are always very strong. It comes naturally. I see women as stronger than men in real life as well," he said.

Talking about being paired with Imran for the first time, Anushka said that she never thought they would look like the way they do.

"This is the first time we are working together. I never thought we would look like this. But Imran has looked the hottest in the film," Anushka said.

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