Sunny Deol and Shah Rukh Khan were both very particular about their characters on the set of Darr and this led to an on set disagreement.
Sunny Deol and Shah Rukh Khan were the lead stars of Yash Chopra’s Darr but an experience on the set of the film led to Sunny deciding that he would never work with YRF again and this also resulted in a decades long cold war between Deol and Shah Rukh Khan as well. Sunny has previously shared that he got so angry on the set of the film that he actually ripped his pants with his bare hands and now, action director Tinu Verma, who was present on set that day has shared what really transpired that day.
Tinu shared that director Yash Chopra and associate director Aditya Chopra were both present and soon “the situation got quite tensed.” Tinu shared, “Sunny got so angry eventually that he had his hands in his pocket, and he pushed is hands so hard that his pants tore. Everybody was shocked. Shah Rukh was also there. And then pack-up was announced.”
After the unit came back to the chalet they were staying at, Yash called Tinu and he recalled, “He said you are are my action director, solve this problem for me. I have to shoot tomorrow.” Tinu had a long standing relationship with the Deol family but here he had to abide by Yash Chopra’s command so he came up with a tactful way. Tinu placed the shot in such a manner that Sunny’s character wouldn’t see the knife coming and get stabbed in his stomach, thus satisfying both actors.
