Sanjay Dutt’s bad guy avatar as the bald, gleaming-eyed Kaancha Cheena in Agneepath has created a lot of buzz. So much so that it threatens to overshadow the film’s main hero Hrithik Roshan. Sanjay Dutt’s Kancha look has given an edge to the still popular Munnabhai; but is it enough to threaten Krrish superhero Hrithik Roshan too? Is Hrithik upset by the hype Sanjay has created?
Hrithik candidly admits to being scared of Dutt while shooting. He recounts: “I was actually scared of Sanju sir’s look as Kancha. I wondered whether it was really Sanju sir or someone else? What has happened to him? Because once or twice, he gave me such an angry look in the shot that I came out of my character and forgot I was Vijay. He was so much into the character that I fumbled. I had to sit down and convince myself to focus on Vijay, Vijay and Vijay.”
Having worked with Sanjay Dutt earlier in Mission Kashmir, Hrithik didn’t have a problem striking a rapport with his senior. He says, “Sanju Sir has got that amazing quality — he is very easy while acting. It doesn’t ever feel that he is putting in any effort. He has taken Kancha to another level. There was one Gabbar Singh, one Mogambo, and now it’s Kancha.”