Mukesh Khanna opens up about air cooler fiasco in ‘Mahabharat’; wants to know who spotted it

Since the time the re-runs for ‘Shaktimaan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ have been announced, Mukesh Khanna has constantly been in the headlines since the actor has been quite outspoken about his views. Recently, the ‘Mahabharat’ actor opened up about the cooler controversy on the show and he said he wants to know who spotted the cooler in the first place.

Mukesh has been Trending on Twitter for some time now when a user tweeted a picture of him sitting in front of what appeared to be an air-cooler in a scene from ‘Mahabharat’. Twitterati made funny comments about spotting a 21st-century desert cooler in the Dwapar Yug- the era when Mahabharat took place.

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In an interview with Times of India, Mukesh spoke about the controversy saying, “I had been hearing about a picture of mine from the sets of Mahabharat going viral where I am shown sitting in front of a cooler, for the past few days. I want to know yeh picture aayi kahan se and secondly yeh kisne spot kiya?” he added, “I doubt if this picture is from a still from the show. And if it is, it is a huge mistake. But from what I can say after seeing it is that it appears to be clicked in between shots. I don’t think such a glaring mistake would have happened from BR Chopra’s side. He was too careful with the making and the editing of Mahabharat.”

Khanna also explained why he used an air cooler despite Film City being fully air-conditioned, where the epic was shot, “I had such heavy costumes and to top it all a long beard which I had to wear most of the day I used to feel extremely hot. Especially because of the beard. So, I requested BR Chopra ji to allow me to use an air-cooler. The beard was such that after shots I used to sweat a lot and it used to irritate me.” 

Well, air cooler or not; the fans have been loving the re-runs so far and reminiscing over the nostalgic feels.

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