Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna is known for ‘Shaktimaan’. His show was a huge hit. Now there is discussion about making a film on it. There were reports that Ranveer Singh wanted to do this role. However, Mukesh Khanna had refused for this. Now veteran actor Surendra Pal, who played the role of Kilvish in the show Shaktimaan, has reacted on this.

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Surendra Pal said in Siddharth Kaan’s interview that Ranveer Singh could be an ideal choice for this role. He said that Ranveer Singh is not a bad choice for this role and Mukesh Khanna should think again about it.

‘Ranveer Singh is not a bad choice for Shaktimaan’

Surendra Pal said, ‘Mukesh Khanna is the best judge for Shaktimaan. This is his creation. He wants only the best for this character. He has treated it like his child. For this reason he will not compromise with it. He is very stubborn. But Ranveer Singh is not a bad choice. I like them. After watching Dhurandhar, I have become an even bigger fan. I think he can be an ideal choice for this role. I think Mukesh ji should think again about this.

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What did Mukesh Khanna say?
Let us tell you that Mukesh Khanna had recently said in a conversation with Zoom TV, ‘Ranveer Singh is a fantastic actor. They can do a lot of things. He can do Gully Boy, Khilji but for Shaktimaan you need not only an actor but also a face. Like for the role of Prithviraj Chauhan you will have to look like Prithviraj Chauhan. Which did not look like Akshay Kumar at all. When I used to do historical characters, it took one and a half hour to change the costume.

While talking to Hindustan Times, Mukesh Khanna had said, ‘There is negativity on Ranveer’s face. He would be perfect for the role of Kilvish. But not for Shaktimaan. There is no positivity on his face.

Ranveer Singh created a stir at the box office with the film ‘Dhurandhar’. The film was released in two parts and Ranveer made record breaking earnings from both the parts. Ranveer has also been in the news a lot regarding the film Shaktimaan. But Mukesh Khanna, who played the lead role in the show Shaktimaan in the 90s, does not want Ranveer Singh to play the role of Shaktimaan.

While talking to Hindustan Times, Mukesh Khanna told why he does not want Ranveer Singh to play the role of Shaktimaan.

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Why does Mukesh Khanna not want Ranveer Singh to play the role of Shaktimaan?

He said, ‘Everyone is trying to convince me that now Ranveer Singh has become a big actor. I don’t want a big actor for Shaktimaan. I don’t want a star for Shaktimaan. I want an image for Shaktimaan which is not with Ranveer Singh. That’s why I am against it. I am not against Ranveer’s performance.

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Mukesh Khanna said, ‘He can do Alauddin Khilji. Gully Boy has done it. He did a great job, I even praised him. But for me to become Shaktiman, it is not enough to be just an actor, but it is also important to have a face. That face which suits Shaktimaan. My only objection is that he should look powerful in his eyes, if he is standing, he should not look conspiratorial. I can sign Ranveer for Kilvish (Villain) but not for Shaktimaan. There is negativity on the face. There is no positivity on his face.

Talking about the film, Mukesh said, ‘It is coming, it should come. We regret the interruption. Everyone knows what a speed breaker is. Everyone knows what my objection is.

These days the debate regarding comedy, digital content and old TV shows has intensified. The conflict between actor Mukesh Khanna and comedian Samay Raina has again come into discussion. The matter escalated further when Samay Raina, while making some comments in his stand-up show, mentioned ‘Shaktiman’ and the recent controversies. After this, Mukesh Khanna expressed his displeasure in an interview and said that he considers such things wrong.

Having TRP doesn’t make anything right – Mukesh Khanna

In an interview with Zoom, Mukesh Khanna said that today’s content creators should understand that they impact children and youth. We influence the children and youth of this country. I myself had refused ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ also, because I did not feel the need to go there. I created my show because I believe that interviews should also be done with respect, there is no need to stoop down. Just having crores of TRP does not make anything right, if something is wrong then one must have the courage to say it is wrong.

asked questions to people also

Mukesh further said that we should also ask questions to the audience as to why they are watching such content. This is a kind of ‘commercial drama’ and many times people forget their responsibilities to earn money. Some people are taking the youth on the wrong path by giving place to wrong language and thinking on their platforms. You are spoiling the youth for money and you have no shame of it.

Mukesh’s answer regarding Samay Raina

Along with this, he said about Samay Raina’s comment on ‘Shaktimaan’, ‘This Mr. Raina does not understand that no child died from ‘Shaktimaan’. Some people had spread wrong things, but the truth has come out in the court. ‘Shaktimaan’ ran for seven years and its popularity is proof of this. It is not right to spread such things without any reason. Entertainment cannot be separated from responsibility because the words of artists have a deep impact on the society.

How did the matter start?

Let us tell you that it started when a big controversy had arisen regarding an objectionable question in Samay Raina’s show. In that episode, people had also expressed displeasure over a statement related to Ranveer Allahabadia. The matter escalated so much that FIRs were registered at many places and debates broke out on social media. Amidst this entire controversy, Raina took a dig by mentioning Mukesh Khanna and ‘Shaktimaan’ in his stand-up, after which a new controversy has come to light.

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Well-known standup comedian Samay Raina is back with his new special ‘Samay Raina-Still Alive’. His new video was released on Tuesday (April 7) on his YouTube channel ‘Samay Raina Official’, in which he spoke openly on many issues. The comedian has made a strong comeback after the controversy related to ‘India’s Got Latent’. While Samay Raina gave a befitting reply to celebs like Mukesh Khanna, B Praak to Sunil Pal in ‘Still Alive’, he also talked about the controversy and FIR caused by Ranveer Allahbadia’s obscene statement.

Everyone had come to eat us – time Raina
While roasting Sunil Pal in the show ‘Still Alive’, Samay Raina said, ‘Everyone had come to eat us. Leaders, Celebrities, Sunil Pal. He advised me to learn from Kapil Sharma, whereas he (Kapil) himself was going to appear in my next episode. He was messaging me saying love your show. Big fan of your show. What a timing.

Samay Raina said this for Mukesh Khanna
Samay Raina also took a dig at actor Mukesh Khanna. He said, ‘Shaktiman had come, friend. How to fight Shaktiman? Sorry Shaktiman. Shaktiman was saying, what effect will this content have on children, what will happen to children after watching such shows. I don’t know how much power you saw in people. At that time, news used to come every next month, some child jumped after seeing Shaktimaan. You have killed children brother, what are you saying?

Said to B Praak- Who called you brother?
Samay Raina also targeted singer B Praak. He said, ‘B Praak came in between. I was surprised. I liked his songs very much. Within two minutes the arguments started and B Praak arrived. He says, what are these things that have happened in this show? I will never come on the podcast again. Who called you brother?’

Samay Raina addresses the recent backlash from B Praak, Sunil Pal, and Mukesh Khanna regarding the India’s Got Latent controversy. pic.twitter.com/C2mkRogiXH

— Sameer Upadhyay (@im_megablow) April 8, 2026

Samay Raina announces ‘India’s Got Latent 2’
At the end of the show, Samay Raina announced ‘India’s Got Latent 2’. He said, ‘As for India’s got latent. People keep asking me whether this show will come back? I thought a lot about this. I swear to God. I don’t think my show could have ended on a higher point than this. Let me say this straight – I don’t think this could have ended Season 1 of my show on a high point. I will bring the show brother, because I enjoyed doing that show. Now let me enjoy this world as long as I am. I want to do a very wild show.

So as I have said, this Samay Raina had intentionally created all those controversies in his show. Everything was planned. All those r*pe jokes, incest comments, all were planned as he says his show ended on a HIGH POINT pic.twitter.com/GCsW43Z1cJ

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Samay Raina calls Ranveer Allahabadia ‘the monk who sold my Ferrari’
While revealing this, Raina said, ‘I will tell you the truth on the oath of mother. Beer Biceps asked that question 8 times in that episode. Apart from this, many non-specific questions were also asked. When I saw the edit, I said that he has made this very dirty. I thought I would keep 1 and remove the rest. So from my POV I had killed 99% of the germs, right? They jokingly called him ‘The Monk Who Sold My Ferrari’.

‘We Kashmiris are always killed in cross fire’
Talking further on this dispute, Samay Raina said, ‘We Kashmiris are always killed in cross fire. This thing broke me completely. Samay Raina told that during this controversy he got a lot of support from Pakistan.

What is the controversy about ‘India’s Got Latent’?
Samay Raina came into controversy last year when there was a lot of noise regarding obscene and offensive content in his YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’. Due to this, an FIR was lodged with the police and he had to delete his episode. However, this controversy happened because of YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia who came as a guest on the show. Actually, he had made indecent remarks about the parents of a contestant in the show.

Mukesh Khanna starrer TV serial Shaktimaan was one of the most popular shows in the 90s. This show is still sitting in a special place in the hearts of the children of that time. Many characters including Shaktimaan, Dhurandhar Singh, Kalpavish, Kapala have been settled in their hearts by the audience.

Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna made a lot of headlines by becoming ‘Shaktimaan’. Now an interview of Shaktimaan or Mukesh Khanna is going viral in which he has mentioned the villain of this show.

Who will be the main villain of Shaktimaan?
You must know that for a long time the audience has been waiting for the return of this show. There are many discussions about the new version of Shaktimaan. Meanwhile, an interview of Mukesh Khanna went viral where he told what the new Shaktimaan would be and who will be the first villain in it.

In an interview given to TV, when he was asked about the villain of the show, he told that ‘Kilwish was at that time, at that time. Today the biggest villain, your problem will have to be told that your children do not make it a part of life. With all this, Mukesh Khanna’s gesture was towards the mobile phone.

Who will choose Mukesh Khanna for Shaktimaan’s role?
During this interview, Mukesh Khanna also talked about Shaktimaan’s character when he was asked who would be Shaktimaan? Then he replied, ‘Who will become Shaktimaan .. I have said many times that who will forget the Crorepati, who will bring Shaktimaan. If I go, I should get auditions across the country ‘.

Along with this, he claimed that there is some interruption in Shaktimaan, but it will definitely come and that too with the old soul and values. Please tell that Mukesh Khanna often keeps his opinion about this famous show of 90s.

Children’s favorite Shaktimaan i.e. Mukesh Khanna comes in the headlines for some or the other statement. Now once again he has come into the news due to taunting Sonakshi Sinha. Shatrughan Sinha was attributed to Shatrughan Sinha for not having information about the actress’s Ramayana. He says that if he had been powerful, he would sit and teach them about Indian culture and Sanatan Dharma. Know what Mukesh Khanna says.

‘Give rites to the children of the house’
During an interview recently, Mukesh Khanna said that it is very important to give rites to today’s children.

The actor said, ‘Your house name is Ramayana, your brothers’ name is Luv Kush, even after that the girl of his house says I forgot. I used his name as an example to give rites to the children of your home ‘.

Further, the actor said that ‘maybe anyone forgets, but I used that incident in front of the people of the whole country for example so that people give rites to their children’. Taking a dig at Sonakshi Sinha’s Ramayana knowledge, Mukesh Khanna clarified that he had presented the name of the actress as an example that all the mother -father must give rites to their children. The veteran actor believes that parents are responsible for the incomplete knowledge of children.

How did this controversy start?
This whole matter is of 2019 when Sonakshi Sinha Amitabh Bachchan Hosted Show Kaun Banega Crorepati. During this, he questioned him for whom Hanuman brought Sanjeevani Booti. The actress could not answer this question and due to this people trolled him fiercely on social media. Along with this, Mukesh Khanna also questioned the upbringing of the actress. He described Shatrughan Sinha as the reason for Sonakshi’s incomplete knowledge. After this, this dispute increased due to Sonakshi Sinha’s retaliation.

Actress Jaya Bachchan is the veteran artist of the industry. However, he does not have special freezing with Paparaji. Often the video goes viral by scolding his paparai. Recently, when a fan was trying to take a selfie with him, he pushed him. Its video became quite viral on social media. Now Mukesh Khanna has talked about his behavior.

Mukesh Khanna said about Jaya Bachchan

Mukesh Khanna said, ‘The behavior of his media is, who are you, what you are doing, what do you want. This is wrong. You are living for them. How did Amrish Puri and Dilip Kumar talk to Paparai. Dilip Saheb often used to ask who is behind the camera. But that is because they had trouble with it. But the way Jaya talks in the Rajya Sabha. Those who talk in Rajya Sabha. Sometimes I feel that these bifuris have gone from home, their homes … The people of the family come and tell me. You have to speak deliberately against Modi, that’s why they are speaking. I am giving such arguments that I do not like.

Mukesh further said that an actress who is so talented, who has given films like ‘Milli’ and ‘Abhimaan’. Why do she behave like this?

Kangana Ranaut said this

Let me tell you that even before this, Kangana Ranaut had expressed displeasure about Jaya Bachchan’s behavior. Kangana wrote, ‘She is deteriorated and prevised women. People are tolerating their tantrums because she is the wife of Amitabh Bachchan ji.

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Ranbir Kapoor will be seen in the role of Lord Ram in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana. In July, the first glimpse of this much awaited film was released, which has greatly increased the excitement among the fans regarding Ramayana. At the same time, veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, who plays Bhishma Pitamah in BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’, has expressed doubt whether Ranbir will be able to play the image of Lord Ram’s ideal “Maryada Purushottam” image.

Planning was to post reaction video on teaser
Talking to Galata India, Mukesh said that he had planned to post a reaction video on the teaser, in which Ranbir is seen climbing the tree and shooting arrows as Lord Ram. He said that his team had initially advised him not to do so and said that these scenes have been generated by AI. But when he came to know that it was actually part of the official teaser, he was asked to comment on Ranbir’s role on the role of Lord Ram. While Ranbir has confessed to eating beef before, however, he refused to give a reaction and said that Ranbir may have given up eating beef so far.

Ram was not a warrior, Maryada Purushottam was’
Mukesh Khanna has also criticized the way Lord Rama is shown in the teaser of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana. He said, “If you tamper, you will be trapped. You are calling Rama a warrior, he was Maryada Purushottam.” They are showing Lord Rama climbing trees and shooting arrows. Krishna or Arjuna can do this, but Ram will not do so. If Ram had declared himself a warrior, he would never ask for help from the monkeys. Only one man was enough against Ravana. “

If Ram is called a warrior, people will not accept
He further said, “As far as I am able to see, I do not know whether Ranbir Kapoor will be able to play the image of Maryada Purushottam Ram or not. He is a good actor, but an image is behind him and that is Animal, I have no objections with it. He can do so. But I think if Rama tells Rama Ram, people can not be able to accept it,”

About Ramayana
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Nitesh Tiwari, in the role of Ranbir Kapoor Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi in the role of Lord Rama, Ravi Dubey as Laxman, Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman and Kannada superstar Yash as Ravana. The film is going to be released in two parts – one Diwali 2026 and the other at Diwali 2027.

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