Shocking, Mumtaz out of the film Heeramandi

Have you been approached to feature on Indian Idol on Sony TV?rnThey had approached me quite a few times but every time I turned it down. A lot of myrnfans were dying to see me because there has been a very long gap. So, I thought, whenrnmy fans are showing me so much love Iu2019ll do the show. Dharmendra ji and I are doingrnthe show together. Pray that everything goes well.rnAre you no longer part of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi?rnHeeramandi is a series based on the u2018mandiu2019 that used to exist in India. Bhansali ji is myrnfan and I am his fan. He presents the heroines so beautifully. He works very hard like VrnShantaram used to. I went and met him at his office. Our meeting went on for threernhours. I was astonished when he said that he is a fan of mine. He is an outstandingrndirector and respects people who have got something in them. Both of us arernperfectionists so we got along very well. He just casually said that heu2019d like to see me inrnHeeramandi. Beyond that, I donu2019t want to say anything unless you ask him. I donu2019t wantrnto say anything that has not been conversed between us. Maybe he thinks that Iu2019m notrnsuitable for a role or maybe he thinks that I might demand too much because I am not arnperson who works for free. He will be able to answer that. I respect him and I donu2019t wantrnto do anything to hurt him.rnWhat kind of roles is being offered to you right now?rnI would like to do a film like Monster In Law which starred Jane Fonda where she wasnu2019trnpresented just as an old woman. She looked good, she had a good role, and she wasrnpresented sophisticatedly. I would be interested in listening to subjects like that. I havernmaintained myself very well. People say that I still look good. Offers keep coming butrnthereu2019s no point in doing ‘bits and pieces’ roles. It took Sony TV, 2 years to convince mernto do a show. I am doing it for my fans. I am so lucky that even after not having workedrnfor so long, people still say that they love me and are my fans. I want to do the show forrnmy fans and see how they react to it.rn
Which actress from the current generation do you feel has the same qualities as you?Well, thereu2019s no one like Mumtaz. Things have changed, the way they (actresses) dressrnup and present themselves. I have never done those things and will never do that. Thisrnis not my type of industry any more.rnDavid Dhawan’s Aandhiyaan with Shatrughan Sinha was your comeback movie back inrn1990.rnYes, I did Aandhiyaan after marriage. But people said that Mumtaz is too young to playrnsuch an old character. She couldnu2019t look like a mother of grown-up boys. The film didnu2019trndo well. I received a couple of offers after that but my heart was broken.rnYour son-in-law Fardeen Khan is making a comeback, too.rnHe is a very sweet, good-looking, hard-working boy. He has worked on his physiquernand making a comeback. He was a little depressed because his father died. He used tornlove his father immensely. Now he is fine.rnHow often do you meet your friends from the industry?rnI meet Poonam Sinha (Shatrughan Sinhau2019s wife). I meet Rajesh Khannau2019s ex-girlfriendrnAnju. I meet a couple of other friends with whom I get along with. I am choosy that way.rnI like to be with people who are genuine and those are rare these days.rnWhat are your views on this topic, please tell us in the comment section.