Devdas Movie Unknown Facts

 

Who can forget Shahrukh Khan's iconic film 'Devdas'. This film of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, released in the year 2002, proved to be a blockbuster. Shahrukh Khan's brilliant performance in this film was highly appreciated. But do you know that Shahrukh Khan actually drank alcohol to play the role of Devdas in the film... So today we are going to tell you an incident related to this cult film, about which hardly anyone knows. 

Even today fans watch this film with great interest. Be it Devdas's Paro or Chandramukhi, every character of the film was a superhit. Along with Shahrukh Khan, the acting of Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit was highly praised.

Devdas was highly appreciated

Let us tell you that this film proved to be a milestone in Shahrukh's career. In Devdas, King Khan played the role of a lover who is deeply in love with his girlfriend and remains under the influence of alcohol day and night due to the grief of separation from her. Shahrukh Khan played this role with great enthusiasm.

Shahrukh Khan used to drink alcohol before shooting

King Khan was completely engrossed in the character of Devdas. To portray this character on the big screen, Shahrukh used to drink alcohol before drunken scenes. This has been revealed by Shahrukh Khan's co-star Tiku Talsania. In an interview given to Digital Commentary, he said, 'Shahrukh Khan is a very genius person. He works very hard for his characters. Shahrukh used to drink rum during some intense scenes in Devdas so that the audience could see the truth in his eyes.

Tiku Talsania further says that 'We all were shooting in the scorching heat. In this scorching heat, Shahrukh Khan was drinking many shots of rum. I asked him what are you doing? We are acting here. So on this he says that I will be able to act as a drunkard but how can I show alcohol in my eyes...' Sanjay Lil Bhansali was also surprised to see this dedication of the superstar. Let us tell you that this film had won 5 National Awards.