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‘3 Idiots’ Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra Relives his ‘Zero Moments’ in Goa Masterclass: ‘I Was Very Young, Very Angry’
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, one of India's most revered filmmakers, took to the stage in Goa on Friday for a good-natured introspective conversation.
Though he scarcely needed prompting, Chopra, the dynamo behind “3 Idiots,” “Munna Bhai MBBS” and “12th Fail,” was pressed by friend and musician Shantanu Moitra, to examine the moments in his career when he doubted himself. But since then, Chopra has frequently defied the odds, and his detractors, to enjoy success with “Parinda,” “Lage Raho Munna Bhai,” “Eklavya the Royal Guard” and international hit “3 Idiots.” Chopra recalled how he was warned against using reputedly wooden actor Jackie Shroff in “Parinda.” And said he was pressured to change a key scene, in which a couple portrayed by Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor is gunned down on their wedding night.
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