Shy Sunny- Feisty Dingy Rawail’s first impression of young Sunny is that “he was strikingly good-looking and well-mannered.” What endeared the director to the debutant hero was his “enthusiasm about work”. Very much like Kumar Gaurav,
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Rawail's first impression of young Sunny is that "he was strikingly good-looking and well-mannered." What endeared the director to the debutant hero was his "enthusiasm about work". Very much like Kumar Gaurav, Sunny Deol was a star-son who had the "urge for putting in hard work". Not surprising that Rawail and Sunny paired up in as many as seven films together viz. Betaab, Arjun, Dacait, Samundar, Yodha, Arjun Pandit and Jo Bole So Nihaal. "We share a great rapport," admits Rawail.
While looking for a "new girl" Rahul's friend Shashi Pancholi, friend and general manager of Maurya Hotel, recommended Rukhsana Sultana's daughter Amrita Singh, fondly known as Dingy, "I don't think she was even interested in films then but she fitted in so well with the part of Roma, the rich, spoilt brat. Dingy was so spontaneous and vivacious, she was just perfectly cast," Rawail recalls. While on the one hand, Sunny was an introvert who listened to his director attentively, feisty Dingy on the other hand would have big "fights" and arguments with him. "She was always the rebel. Dingy's not a hypocrite, she called a spade a spade. She spoke straight to your face, there was no back-biting for her. I liked her forthrightness," remarks Rawail. Together, Sunny and Amrita made a sizzling on-screen pair.
Shammi Kapoor who played Amrita's rich dad, was the oblivious choice for the role," There is something aristocratic about every Kapoor. I had fun shooting with Shammi uncle," he says.
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