‘Slumdog Millionaire’ star
Dev Patel
‘s directorial debut ‘
Monkey Man
‘ hit the screens last month. The makers hosted a grand premiere in California too, wherein an intersting incident took place between the
director
and his actor
Makarand Deshpande
.
Apparently, a scene featuring Makarand was deleted from the movie and Dev Patel informed the actor about the change ahead of its premiere.
Recalling the conversation, Makarand told Siddharth Kanan, “For the premiere of Monkey Man, I went to California. Before that, Dev Patel said he wants to have a word with me. He said, ‘That’s the scene I love the most, but we had to edit it for some reason… for some political (reason)… you understand’ and he just mumbled. I kept on looking at him and said, ‘Dev, wasn’t that scene the philosophy of your film?’ He was like, ‘Oh yes, man, but you will still like your role, I am sorry, but you will like it.’”
Sharing his thoughts on the
deleted scene
, Makrand added, “When I saw the film, I said no problem. But I know that scene — wog ahar rehta toh kya maza aata. It had that punch, an edited scene won’t matter to the audience, but it matters to the actor. In my understanding, it was the rooh (soul) of the film, it may not be for Dev. It is getting a lot of critical acclaim, might in the Oscar race later and is like their Satya.”
Monkey Man stars Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash Tripathy, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, Adithi Kalkunte, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande, Jatin Malik, and Zakir Hussain.
