Let’s get to what Mukul has to say about his journey, “It’s been a long time it seems. I started at a very young age. I got to work with Dilip Kumar Sahab. Then there was a career as a commercial pilot where I was doing exceedingly well. So life has been full of ups and downs. I liked the reach that the work gets as an actor. Earlier it was films and now the OTT has really upped the game. There can’t be better times to make content. The pandemic was a break which I feel a lot of us needed. It has led to a complete overhaul of things. The focus is more on efficiency post that. We saw that when people actually worked online and from their homes and with better efficiency sometimes. I have just finished writing my second story after omerta. It’s a story which is based on one of my father’s cases as a policeman in the Delhi police. My father was rewarded and decorated for it. Some good news would be coming soon hopefully and it will see the light of the day in 2021.  I can’t reveal much but it is a very exciting project. Also finalizing something to be in front of the camera. A huge cheers to the audience and the fans. It’s just because of them that we as actors keep going.”

We wish Mukul all the luck. He has been such a powerful performer. His characters have stayed afresh and we get the feeling that he is just getting started.

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Mukul’s looks and vocabulary are one of the key things loved by the audience, and when asked about it he said, “Lakhvi’s screen presence is mostly confined to the four walls of the control room and that’s what challenged me to bring this character to life. While I was doing my research, I distinctly remembered the voice of the man who was giving instructions to the terrorists in Mumbai. He had a rough voice with an accent. Being Punjabi it wasn’t difficult for me to get the lingo, but the task was to portray him with the same attitude & mannerism as a Pashto would. Getting down to every nitty-gritty of the character, from an eyebrow twitch to the way he drank his chai! The whole process challenged me as an actor.”

Starring Arjan Bajwa, Arjun Bijlani, Vivek Dahiya, Mukul Dev, Sid Makkar, Tara Alisha Berry, Khalida Jaan, Jyoti Gauba, Shoaib Kabeer, Roshni Sahota, Suzanne Bernert, Naren Kumar and Jason Shah, the show is directed by Matthew Leutwyler, produced by Abhimanyu Singh of Contiloe Pictures and is currently streaming on ZEE5.

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The makers used real blasts instead of VFX shots to maintain authenticity and keep the recollections are real as possible. The show features an impressive ensemble cast comprising Arjan Bajwa, Arjun Bijlani, Vivek Dahiya, Mukul Dev, Sid Makkar, Tara Alisha Berry and other key talents. State of Siege: 26/11 based on Sandeep Unnithan’s best-selling novel ‘Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 is an 8 episode series produced by Abhimanyu Singh of Contiloe Pictures and directed by Matthew Leutwyler.

The show is all set to premiere exclusively on ZEE5 on 20th March 2020.

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It has been 21 years since the movie released, and the first thing that comes to our mind when we think of it is — where is Chandrachur Singh?

He has not been in the movie business for a long time now. What happened to him?

Like other forgotten heroes of his generation (for instance, Mukul Dev and Rahul Roy) he didn’t appear on Bigg Boss to hog the limelight. He didn’t even join politics like Sunny Deol or Urmila Matondkar, and neither did he buy an IPL team like Preity Zinta. He is not even on Twitter retweeting grammatically incorrect compliments or on Instagram posting his oh-so-hot pictures that leave us pleasantly shocked!

Well, it’s good that he is not trying so hard and doing crazy things to stay in the limelight, but, where is he?

Fact is, you can tell a lot about the industry by how it treats its side heroes. There have been many like him who came, conquered and soon faded away in oblivion. So, this is our ode to Chandrachur Singh, the forgotten hero who could have been the Shah Rukh Khan of Bollywood.

After a stellar debut in Tere Mere Sapne and critically acclaimed performance in Maachis, followed by in 1996, it didn’t look like anything could go wrong for Chandrachur Singh. But luck wasn’t on his side, it seems.

In one of the best songs Bollywood has ever made, Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale, Chandrachur Singh’s smile was the highlight.

Did you know, Chandrachur Singh won filmfare best debut for Maachis.

He became an instant hit with female fans with a strong role in Josh. 

Didn’t we all drool over those innocent chocolaty boy looks and those eyes you could see his heart through.

We crushed over him while he crushed over Aishwarya Rai in the song Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika!

Our hearts fluttered and we all went like, Haye Mera Dil Chura Ke Le Gaya… Churane Wala… Chandrachur Singh!

But destiny was cruel to his talent and he suffered multiple dislocations of his shoulder joint during the shoot of the film. 

His appearances post that in movies like Kya Kehna and Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa among others were sporadic and mostly unnoticed. 

But then, he did make a comeback sporting a handlebar moustache without a beard just like he did in Maachis.

He no longer played the hero but the character on the sidelines in movies such as Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Zilla Ghaziabad and Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

He said that downfall wasn’t easy for him.
“A lot of people feel that I got films like Maachis and Tere Mere Sapne just like that. Mujhe aise hi kaam nahi mile tha! I came to Mumbai in 1988 and assisted Mahesh Bhatt, and I had to struggle a lot before I got the break. There were some big films from which I was replaced at the last moment. Fighting through that phase gave me a lot of inner strength and made me a tough person. For someone whose entry in the film industry was so difficult, handling the downfall was much easier. I utilized my time very constructively, watching world cinema, reading books and listening to classical music,” he in an interview.
A couple of years later, he was seen in Govinda’s comeback movie Aa Gaya Hero and Yadvi – The Dignified Princess. Both movies didn’t make a lot of buzz, and Chandrachur Singh’s comeback went unnoticed.

From hero to character roles, Chandrachur Singh showed his versatility through distinct roles through his career. Be it a militant in an off-beat movie like Maachis or a die-hard romantic role in movies like Kya Kehna, he proved his mettle and caught people’s fancy. In a short span of time, he won millions of hearts.

Had he not had health problems, he had all the potential to be the next Shah Rukh Khan of Bollywood. He had both talent as well as charm, after all.
But he hasn’t given up on acting yet. If reports are to be believed, he is shooting for a web-series that marks the comeback of Sushmita Sen.

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