The late filmmaker Raj Kaushal’s comedy Shaadi Ka Laddoo completes 21 years today. The film had an ensemble cast of Sanjay Suri, Mandira Bedi, Aashish Chaudhary, Divya Dutta and Negar Khan. On the film’s anniversary, Suri went down memory lane on its making and his late friend Raj Kaushal.
Sanjay Suri on 21 years of the late Raj Kaushal’s Shaadi Ka Laddoo, “Raj tapped into the funny side of me, which rarely any other director has”
It’s 21 years of Shaadi Ka Laddoo. How was your experience of working with Raj Kaushal?
I miss Raj! I miss his energy and the joy he had for life. Sadly, he left too soon at just 50. He had so much to offer as a director.
When did you first meet him?
I met him way back in 1998 for Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. A film that had maximum number of newcomers including the famous and talented Vishal-Shekhar, Salim-Suleman. Raj had a great sense of music and was a fab narrator. My bond with him goes back to 1998 when we shot for Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi.
Raj once told me he had a special bonding with you
He kind of understood me as an actor very well and we had a lovely understanding between us. While directing me all, he had to do was subtly tell me to take a note higher or lower in case a tone had to be changed. He just knew how to access that in an actor. I admired that about him.
How was he on a personal level?
I found Raj to be very large hearted and was always a great host. His energy was almost magnetic. Before making Shaadi Ka Laddoo, he told me, ‘I like working with actors who are like family. Don’t worry, I will make business sense out of it and let’s all go to the UK and come back with a film in less than 25 days.’ A small crew of approximately 20-22 people, it was friends working together.
Shaadi Ka Laddoo gave you a change of image
Yes, the film offered me something different to do. I enjoyed the comic side of things and he tapped into the funny side of me, which rarely any other director has. The scenes shot between Ashish and I, I still remember they felt so organic and fluid beyond what was written in the script. Loved that and miss that! Once again like Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, it had lovely music. Men like Raj and the joie de vivre he had for life don’t come along often. He shall be missed till I am alive.
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