After playing the main villain in films like Gadar 2 and Pathaan, actor Manish Wadhwa has now become a household name. He has done only a handful of movies but he has been quite a big name when it comes to television, with shows like Paramavtar Shri Krishna, Chandragupta Maurya and Siya Ke Ram. The actor who recently captured everyone’s attention with his roles in the two films revealed that he was also cast as the main villain in Karan Johar’s Takht which had an amazing star cast of Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, Janhvi Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor Khan.
In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, the actor mentioned that during Covid, Shanoo Sharma took his look test and cast him in a film where he was playing the lead. Then she cast him as the main villain in Takht and he agreed but the film didn’t happen. And again during Covid, she reached out for Pathaan, and said that is not a big role but it is a very important role since he’s the one who changes the course of the film. He shot for Pathaan for eight-nine days and it was a lot of fun shooting with Siddharth Anand, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, Manish revealed.
He is currently getting a lot of applause for his negative role of Hamid Iqbal in Gadar 2. The actor also revealed that during the shooting of the film, he was taken to the location where the original hand pump scene for Gadar- Ek Prem Katha was shot – Lucknow’s La Martiniere College. He was told that he was supposed to start from there and it made him very nervous, but he was able to pull it off. Even Anil Sharma appreciated him. He also shared that at one point during the shooting of the film, he felt the legendary Amrish Puri was present on the set and told him that he has his blessings.
In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, the actor mentioned that during Covid, Shanoo Sharma took his look test and cast him in a film where he was playing the lead. Then she cast him as the main villain in Takht and he agreed but the film didn’t happen. And again during Covid, she reached out for Pathaan, and said that is not a big role but it is a very important role since he’s the one who changes the course of the film. He shot for Pathaan for eight-nine days and it was a lot of fun shooting with Siddharth Anand, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, Manish revealed.
He is currently getting a lot of applause for his negative role of Hamid Iqbal in Gadar 2. The actor also revealed that during the shooting of the film, he was taken to the location where the original hand pump scene for Gadar- Ek Prem Katha was shot – Lucknow’s La Martiniere College. He was told that he was supposed to start from there and it made him very nervous, but he was able to pull it off. Even Anil Sharma appreciated him. He also shared that at one point during the shooting of the film, he felt the legendary Amrish Puri was present on the set and told him that he has his blessings.