Bollywood actor Jugal Hansraj is in the headlines after a long time. He remembered the days of shooting of the 1983 superhit film Masoom. Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Saeed Jaffrey, Tanuja and Supriya Pathak were in lead roles in this film. It was directed by Shekhar Kapur.

Revealed after 42 years
Jugal Hansraj acted as a child artist in the film. This film was released in the year 1983. Now after 42 years of the film, Jugal has made revelations about Shabana Azmi. He told that Shabana used to maintain distance from him during the shooting. She used to ignore him on the film sets. During the shooting days, she did not understand why she did this.

Shabana used to ignore me
Jugal Hansraj revealed in a conversation with Pinkvilla that Shabana Azmi used to maintain distance from him during the shooting of Masoom. She was very friendly with Urmila Matondkar and Aradhana. Jugal said, “Shabana ji used to talk a lot with both the girls because she was their mother in the film. Whereas she used to keep a distance from me. She used to ignore me.’

Due to this reason distance was maintained
Jugal Hansraj further said that he was so innocent that he could not understand why she did this to him. He said, “Later I found out that this was a part of Shabana ji’s process. She did not want us to come close because the coldness that was there should have been visible on the screen. Everyone should have felt that there was a discomfort between me and my mother, so she did it very beautifully.

Shabana was the step mother in the film
Let us tell you that Shabana Azmi played the role of Indu Malhotra in the film Masoom. Jugal Hansraj was seen as his step son Rahul Malhotra. At that time Jugal was a child artist. Apart from Jugal, Urmila Matondkar and Aradhana started their career as child artists with the film Masoom. The film was based on Eric Segal’s novel Man Woman and Child, published in 1980.

Director Shekhar Kapur often expresses his views through social media. On Saturday he expressed his opinion regarding the use of AI. He posted a video on social media platform ‘X’.

He wrote in the caption, “We are not yet trapped in the clutches of any AI, and what is happening is just a web of inflated prices of companies or things beyond their actual value. If people are repeatedly told about rising prices, then people start believing it to be true.

What else did Shekhar Kapur say on AI?

He further wrote, “AI is here forever and it can prove to be helpful in making our lives even easier and more productive.”

Giving an example, he wrote, “For example, if your house is being sold at a very high price, then it is no longer just your house, but has become a part of the real estate bubble. This does not mean that you do not need a house, but its prices have become high, which can fall at any time.”

We are not going through an AI bubble. We are going though a manipulated valuation bubble. Valuation is a story that if told long enough becomes a myth.

AI is here to stay. It’s potentially the most democratic technology to help make our lives more productive.

When your home… https://t.co/R2EbLVmdZe

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) November 8, 2025

The director has given many memorable films

The director has given many memorable films in his career, but before entering the cinema world, he was a chartered accountant in London. After this, he turned towards Hindi cinema and entered the entertainment world with the serial ‘Khandaan’ and made his directorial debut with ‘Masoom’.

After this came his superhit film Mr. India. This film is still considered people’s choice for its characters and story. He has directed films like ‘The Four Feathers’ and Elizabeth-I in Hollywood.

Recently Shekhar Kapur had announced that he will make the sequel of ‘Masoom’. ‘Masoom’ was released in the year 1983. After the release, Shekhar Kapur was awarded the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Director.

Director Shekhar Kapur is going to make his first film ‘Masoom’ once again keeping the new generation in mind. On Tuesday, the director gave this information through social media. Shekhar Kapur posted his old picture on Instagram, along with which he also wrote a long note in the caption and told how this film played an important role in his career.

Shekhar Kapur wrote- ‘Those beautiful and happy days, when I was directing Masoom. Making the film was a joy for everyone and the joy is visible in the film, even though it was set many years ago. This is the reason why today wherever I go, people ask and talk to me about the film Masoom. Among them, there are many youth who were not even born at the time of the film’s release. They have seen it on TV or YouTube.

Shekhar is making the sequel of ‘Masoom’ for the new generation
The director told that he is going to make ‘Masoom’ for the new generation. He said- ‘Now that I am going to make the sequel of ‘Masoom’, I want to feel the joy of making that film again.’ He said that he has just returned from Mumbai and talked to his filmmaking friends, most of whom understand the work of filmmaking.

‘Real creativity is the feeling of the human heart…’
Shekhar writes- ‘This was my first directorial film. In this, I did not work as an assistant with anyone, nor did I read any book on film making. I just wanted to tell the story and do it as simply and honestly as possible. Now things like simplicity, happiness, honesty and storytelling have ended in films? Has the new funding system created an environment that is against creativity?

The director says, ‘Now there is such an environment in which people with MBA or management interfere and forget that real creativity comes from the feeling of a person’s heart, spontaneity and his own identity. Well… now I will see for myself and hope that the new ‘Masoom’ will be as seen in the picture above.

about the innocent
Let us tell you that the film Masoom, directed by Shekhar Kapur, was released in the year 1983. After release, Shekhar Kapur was awarded the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Director.

The name of Bollywood’s famous producer and director Mahesh Bhatt has always been associated with Babaki and open tongue. His films ‘Earth’ and ‘Wounds’ scrape relationships and sensations, but in real life, Bhatt Saheb’s stories have been more dramatic than his films.

Mahesh Bhatt’s shocking revelation in Pooja Bhatt’s podcast
Recently, what he said in the podcast of daughter Pooja Bhatt, he created a new ruckus. He said that during the days of Struggle, he had fed human meat to an investor at the behest of the tantric. On hearing this, there was an uproar on social media.

People started asking – “Is this a script of a film or truth?” Bhatt Saheb’s impunity has always surprised people, and this is just a new anecdote to him. This is not the first time Mahesh Bhatt has surprised everyone.

Remember the 1980s. While making ‘Earth’, he put his personal life and controversial relationships in the film’s story. After the release of the film, people were stunned to see his impunity and autobiographical style.

Bhatt’s statement on strategy and bravery to stay in the industry
In 1993, when Parveen Babi made ‘Phir Teri Kahani Yaad’ about his relationship with Babi, people also gave a lot of shame and appreciated Dileri. Mahesh Bhatt created a wound in 1998. The relationship between Muslim mother and Hindu father was opened. The story of becoming a young producer and director from a small child, the hearts of the people were on their minds.

There was also a big disclosure about the difficulties in making the film. It was said that he faced a lot of difficulties in taking loans for films in his early days. It was told that it was very difficult to fight the investor. He openly said that to stay in the industry, one has to show ‘sometimes strategy, sometimes bravery’.

Photoshoot with Pooja Bhatt had created Tehelka
Another anecdote is related to his personal life. Mahesh Bhatt also made many revelations about his relationship, divorce and love life. The statement about daughter Pooja Bhatt created panic in that era.

On the cover page of the film magazine, the picture of father and daughter was found to be extremely objectionable to the people. But Bhatt Saheb is of someone else’s mood! He never believed in giving clarification. Hearing his revelations, people say – “Bhatt Saheb likes drama in real life like his films.”

Industry’s most disrespectful and controversial artist
It is clear from all these stories that Mahesh Bhatt is not just a film producer; He is also the most impeccable story writer and live artist in the industry. Whether or not their films do wonders or not, the stories of their life are always in the discussion and every new statement opens another layer of their life.

The real thing is that Bhatt Saheb’s impunity has been giving him a different identity from time and generations. His stories are not only shocking as well as controversial and entertaining. It is difficult to ignore those whom fans and critics.

Today we are talking about Jugal Hansraj, who won the hearts of the audience with his innocence and charming look in the film ‘Mohabbatein’. Who became an overnight star from this film. But then a time came that he suddenly disappeared from the industry. Today, on the actor’s birthday, we will tell you some of his interesting things. Know why his career drowned after signing 40 films together ….

Jugal started acting at the age of 10

Very few people would know that Jugal Hansraj was born to former cricketer Praveen Hansraj. But he made his career not in cricket but in acting. Jugal started acting from the age of 10. His first film was ‘Masoom’ in 1983. In the film, he worked with Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. Apart from this, he also did many films in childhood.

,Mohabbatein, Fame from the film from the film

Then Jugal Hansraj was seen as a hero in ‘Aa Gar Laga Ja’. However, his film could not succeed anything special. Then he appeared with Shah Rukh Khan in the film ‘Mohabbatein’ released in the year 2000 and became at the box office. He got a lot of fame from this film and the film also did a great collection.

Jugal signed 40 films together

From here, Jugal Hansraj’s career started flying and at one time he signed 40 films together. But then his bad phase started soon. Actually the actor which was signed by films. If some boxes were closed in them, some were not released even after shooting. After this, the actor came to be called ‘wretched’.

Actor was last seen in this film

Let us know that when he stopped getting work in the industry, the actor left India and went to New York Shift. Although he appeared in many projects in between, but he could not get special success from them. Recently, the actor was seen in the film ‘Nadaniyan’ with Ibrahim Ali Khan.

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