Gulshan Kumar’s murder has been one of the most sensational and shocking incidents in the history of Bollywood. The T-Series boss was assassinated on 12 August 1997 by hitmen outside a temple in the Andheri West suburb of Mumbai. He was shot 16 times.
Recently, Manoj Bajpayee spoke about the time he first came to Mumbai, his struggle, and finally landing , the movie that propelled him to mainstream fame, and the impact Gulshan Kumar’s murder had on the shoot of his first big break. Manoj Bajpayee said that Gulshan Kumar was murdered five days after the shooting of began. He said that the producers of got scared as the movie was about the Mumbai underworld at the same time when Gulshan Kumar had been assassinated by people connected to Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company.
1) Manoj Bajpayee as Bhiku Mhatre in "Satya" — Cine Vichaar (@Cine_vichaar) He said, “When I got , I didn’t tell anybody. Not even my roommate. I was always paranoid that the movie might get canceled, which is what briefly happened.
Gulshan Kumar was murdered five days after we began shooting. The film was halted because the producer got scared. Gulshan Kumar’s murder was a huge incident in the industry, and we were making a movie about the Mumbai mafia.
The producer got so scared, he shut it down. Our careers, which were just about to begin, were brought to an abrupt halt.” is directed by Ram Gopal Varma, who got the movie back on track.
Manoj Bajpayee continued, “After about a week, Ram Gopal Varma.
