Golmaal was entirely shot in my Bandra bungalow in just 40 days - Hrishikesh Mukherjee : Bollywood News

Amu my son, my hero

I chose Amol Palekar for the heros role because I was assured of his acting potential. He is also a close family friend and like a son. I call him Amu. He is a committed actor. Generally, I never discuss the artistes role with them before filming begins but in Amols case I did. I knew he always tried to get under the skin of the character, and being an intelligent actor, he came up with valid suggestions. As I narrated the story of Golmaal he became worried about the scene where he had to shave off his moustache. I have never done it before. I might look funny, he protested. But I allayed his fears saying that it could be replaced with an artificial one.

My favourite scene is the one in which where Bhavani Shankar trying to test him gives him a balance-sheet with minor errors for scrutiny. Ram Prasad points out the mistakes and asking deliberately, Yeh kis duffer ne banaya hai, sir? Amol fully understood the situation. He faced the camera after a couple of rehearsals and did the entire scene in one take!

Another scene I like is when Lakshman Prasad comes to Bhavanis house for the first time and ends up mistaking him for a gardener. I explained the sequence to Amol in detail and then asked him do it as naturally as possible. And the result was simply superb! Working with him was a great pleasure, thats why I cast him again in my films Naram Garam and Rang Birangi.

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"Golmaal was entirely shot in my Bandra bungalow in just 40 days" - Hrishikesh Mukherjee