Published 12:17 IST, April 15th 2020

Anushka Sharma's 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola': Interesting trivia about the film

Anushka Sharma played a bold character in Vishal Bharadwaj's film Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola. Take a moment and look at some interesting trivia about the film.

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In 2013, stunning actor Anushka Sharma collaborated with Vishal Bharadwaj for a satirical black comedy titled Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola. Produced by Fox Star Studios, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola was like or commercial film. It had an unusual story plot and ensemble cast. Stupendous artists like Pankaj Kapoor and Shabana Azmi played pivotal roles in Vishal Bharadwaj film.

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Anushka Sharma and Imran Khan played lead roles. Even though film could t live up to its hype, but actors for ir performances in movie were critically acclaimed. Talking about this Anushka Sharma starrer, let's take a look at some interesting trivia about Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola you had idea about.

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Riveting Trivia about Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

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1. Anushka Sharma and Imran Khan featured in a movie first time toger as lead pair. chemistry was quite liked by audience. 

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2. Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is also Anushka Sharma's first collaboration with maestro director Vishal Bharadwaj. 

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3. Imran Khan had to look rugged for his role in film. dapper actor actually got tanned and grew a stubble to get into skin of his character. It took him weeks to grow beard, he also rehearsed rigorously to get his accent right as a rural villr.  

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4. Prior to Imran Khan, Shahid Kapoor was offered lead role in MKBKM, but he passed it on as he wanted to play a commercial character as his film Mausam tanked at box-office.   

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5. Vishal Bharadwaj film is based on Bertolt Brecht's play "Mr Puntilla and his Man Matti".

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6. We all kw director Vishal's love for Shakespeare in one of scenes MKBKM, one could see Anushka Sharma aka Bijlee reading Shakespeare's celebrated vel Macbeth at poolside. director also made a Hindi version of Macbeth a few years back titled Maqbool. 

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7. Apart from Shahid Kapoor, Ajay Devgn was also offered to play male lead in movie. But as per sources, role did t appeal to him that's why he turned it down.

On work front, Anushka Sharma seems to have a busy 2020 with several projects in hand like Paani, Priceless, and Kaneda. 

12:17 IST, April 15th 2020