Guest hero

This has to be the longest guest appearance by any star in a film. Shah Rukh Khan, who was always told that he has a guest appearance in Dulha Mil Gaya, must have never thought that his role in the forthcoming film will be, hold your breath, almost one hour long in a two-and-a-half hour film!

SRK had signed the film due to his close friendship with producer Vivek Vaswani. But there’ve been constant reports about SRK being upset about his role getting extended so much that it was even said that the superstar was not ready to complete the film.

Vaswani clarified, “We haven’t added or subtracted any scenes with SRK. We have shot exactly what was narrated to him. He has about 17 scenes and three songs, and among the three, one is his entry sequence. We still have to shoot the music video with him with the entire cast. However, Dulha Mil Gaya is not a professional assignment for SRK. He’s done it as a favor to a friend, hence he’s getting billed in a guest appearance as that’s the ethical thing to do. Had he charged me, the equation would’ve been that of a producer and actor.”

Moreover, Vaswani insists that the length of the role has got nothing to do with getting credited as a guest artist. He cites the example of Rajkumar Santoshi’s 1993 release Damini. “In Damini, Sunny Deol makes his entry quite late in the film but he is as good as the hero Rishi Kapoor. Similarly, SRK enters the film in the second half but has a very powerful role.”