{"id":500678,"date":"2026-05-24T16:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/500678\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:41:12","slug":"anita-kanwal-says-dhurandhar-gave-her-hope-proud-of-rakesh-bedi-akshaye-khanna-was-very-serious-arjun-rampal-mast-maula-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/500678\/","title":{"rendered":"Anita Kanwal says Dhurandhar gave her hope, proud of Rakesh Bedi: Akshaye Khanna was \u2018very serious\u2019, Arjun Rampal \u2018mast maula\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anita Veteran actress Anita Kanwal has opened up about actors Akshaye Khanna<\/a> and Arjun Rampal<\/a> finally getting their due as performers, while candidly admitting that she too hopes for her own \u201cDhurandhar moment\u201d someday.Speaking to Siddharth Kannan in a recent interview, Anita reflected on working with Akshaye in Laawaris and Arjun in Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat.When Siddharth pointed out that both actors are today being celebrated as \u201cunderrated\u201d and \u201cpowerhouse\u201d performers who did not receive enough recognition earlier in their careers, Anita responded with humour and honesty.\u201cMera viewpoint yeh hai ki mujhe kab \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019 milega?\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n

Anita Kanwal says Dhurandhar gave her hope<\/p>\n

The actress went on to praise the casting of Rakesh Bedi<\/a> in the upcoming film Dhurandhar alongside Ranveer Singh.\u201cDhurandhar mein Rakesh Bedi… saare jitne bhi character actors hain… kitna achha kaam kiya unhone. One day I Googled the film and saw \u2018starring Ranveer Singh and Rakesh Bedi\u2019. I was so proud,\u201d Anita shared.She added that actors never stop waiting for meaningful roles, regardless of age.\u201cIssi umeed pe main jee rahi hoon ki mera bhi \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019 milega,\u201d she said, citing legendary actress Zohra Sehgal as an example of someone who continued doing memorable work well into old age.<\/p>\n

‘Older women\u2019s characters are rarely written’<\/p>\n

Anita also spoke about the lack of substantial parts for older actresses in the industry.\u201cThere is no age unfortunately in our country, especially for women. Older characters likhe hi nahi jaate,\u201d she said, while pointing out how much younger actresses are often cast in aged roles.The actress also recalled her experiences with both Akshaye and Arjun on set and described their personalities as completely different.Calling Akshaye \u201cvery serious\u201d and reserved during the shooting of Laawaris, she said, \u201cHello ma\u2019am… that is it.\u201dOn the other hand, she described Arjun Rampal as \u201cmast maula\u201d and someone who was always joking around on the sets of Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat.<\/p>\n

Anita Kanwal on Rajiv Rai\u2019s stress during underworld threat phase<\/p>\n

The actress further remembered filmmaker Rajiv Rai, who directed Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, and acknowledged that he appeared visibly stressed during that period amid alleged underworld threats.\u201cHe was very tense. I don\u2019t know if that was his nature because I didn\u2019t know him personally, but he seemed very stressed,\u201d she said.During the same conversation, Anita also reflected on her own transformation over the years \u2014 from being a hesitant newcomer to becoming outspoken and fearless today.\u201cSuccess gives you the confidence to speak. Earlier I would think four times before saying anything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actress Anita Kanwal has opened up about actors Akshaye Khanna and Arjun Rampal finally getting their due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[104090,217689,217692,217693,217694,97159,97158,18,117,19,17,217691,327,217690,86271],"class_list":["post-500678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-akshaye-khanna","tag-anita-kanwal","tag-anita-kanwal-praises-dhurandhar","tag-anita-kanwal-praises-rakesh-bedi","tag-anita-kanwal-working-with-akshaye-khanna-arjun-rampal","tag-arjun-rampal","tag-dhurandhar","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laawaris","tag-movies","tag-pyaar-ishq-aur-mohabbat","tag-rakesh-bedi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116630551652000388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}