KWK 8: Saif Ali Khan Recalls Difficult Times During His Career, Says 'Yash Chopra Saved Me'

Soon, Saif Ali Khan and his mother Sharmila Tagore will be seen on the Koffee With Karan Season 8 couch. It is anticipated that the mother-son pair would have a fun banter and discuss their bond, respective careers, and other topics.

During a segment of the show, Saif Ali Khan discloses that Yash Chopra provided him with literal career support and stuck by him during his difficult times.

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Talking about the same, Saif Ali Khan said, “So there were a couple of offers and kind of dried up, Rahul Rawail told me that, this is it. Nobody's going to work with you. And he was a bit sadistic, I must say, because he kind of enjoyed that. And I thought, okay, and they did dry up. And then Yash Chopra ji called me over and he went over and he said, I've heard you're very naughty, and you and you gotta give me your word. And he was casting Parampara with a lot of people in the movie.”

“There was Aamir, Raveena, Neelam, Vinod Khanna” Added Karan Johar?

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Saif Ali Khan continued, “Sunil Dutt too and I knew that there was a huge multi starrer, and he wanted this role, he wasn't finding someone. And he met me and he said, You promised to be good. That was pretty much it. And I said, Of course, I promise you I will be. And he said, Okay, you're in the movie. And overnight, the office started. And you know how it is. If Yash Chopra is casting, then everyone comes. The same people who had said, "No, we're not interested, were very interested now. So he saved me.”

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For those who don’t know, Yash Chopra was the director of the 1993 Indian Hindi-language action drama film Parampara. Sunil Dutt, Vinod Khanna, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam Kothari, Raveena Tandon, Ashwini Bhave, Ramya Krishna, and Anupam Kher were among the ensemble cast members. It was Saif and Ramya's? debut Bollywood project.

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