Mukesh Khanna Rejects Ranveer Singh as Shaktimaan; Bashes Him for His Nude Photoshoot

Mukesh Khanna has portrayed India’s first on-screen superhero Shaktimaan. Without talking about Ranveer Singh Khanna dig about his nude photo shoot and denied reports of Ranveer Singh being the protagonist of the film. He shared a video regarding this through a YouTube video.

Mukesh Khanna shared a collage of Ranveer Singh and himself and captioned the post on his Instagram handle as,“Pura social media mahinon se is rumour se bhara pada tha ki Ranveer karega Shaktimaan. Aur har koi naaraz tha ise lekar. Main chup raha. Lekin jub channels ne bhi elaan karna shuru kar diya ki Ranveer sign ho gaya hai. To mujhe muhn kholana pada. Aur maine bol diya ki aisi image wala vyakti kitna bhi bada star kyon na ho Shaktimaan nahin ban sakta. I have put my foot down. Ab Aaga aage dekhiye hota hai kya ?? (There are rumours on social media that Ranveer Singh would portray Shaktimaan. And everyone was angry about it. I remained silent. But when channels started announcing that Ranveer has been signed, then I had to speak up. And I have said it that no matter how big a star he is, a person with such kind of image can never become Shaktimaan. I have put my foot down. Now let’s see what happens next).”

Khanna on commenting on Ranveer’s nude photoshoot for paper magazine said such acts are against Indian culture. He also shared Ranveer’s pictures and said,“If he feels comfortable with nudity then he should go to countries where he can do nude scenes any every third scene.” He also added,“I have told the producers, that your competition is not with Spider-Man, Batman, Captain Planet. Shaktimaan is not just a superhero, he has also become a super teacher. Now, the actor who takes on the role should have the quality that when he speaks, people will listen. There are big actors, but their image comes in the middle.”

Mukesh Khanna worked both in TV and films for several years. He gained fame from BR Chopra’s TV show of 1988 Mahabharat. He portrayed Bhishma Pitamah in the show. Some of his remarkable works are Chandrakanta, Guddu, Saudagar, The Great Martha and many more.