PremiumAhead of Dunki’s release, Ali Fazal confesses he played guitar wrongly in 3 Idiots – Details inside
With just four days remaining for the release of Dunki, actor Ali Fazal has expressed how he felt on the set of Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial ‘3 Idiots’.
Ali Fazal confesses that he played guitar wrongly in 3 Idiots.
Last Updated: 06.12 PM, Dec 17, 2023
With just four days remaining for the release of Dunki, actor Ali Fazal has expressed how he felt on the set of Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial ‘3 Idiots’. The 37-year-old actor confessed that his musician friends ‘abused’ him for playing guitar wrong in Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots. He additionally mentioned that superstar Aamir Khan was very supportive of his work in the film.
Ali Fazal confesses that he played guitar wrongly in 3 Idiots
Ali shared that he mastered each chord of "Give Me Some Sunshine" prior to the shoot. However, director Rajkumar Hirani challenged him by instructing not to glance at the guitar while playing, adding a challenging twist. Ali also reminisced about the valuable advice Aamir Khan had given him.
On the podcast Cyrus Says, Ali said that Rajkumar Hirani saw him performing a play at Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre and then called him for the film. “I started learning guitar. I learned each and every chord, and then all my musician friends abused me for years after that because on set I was playing it beautifully. It’s perfect like ‘Give me some sunshine.’ But suddenly Raju sir comes in and he says ‘Don’t look at the guitar.’ Then Aamir Khan comes and says ‘play common chords.’” Hence, the actor just strummed the guitar without focusing on the right chords.”
Ali Fazal even confessed that his shirt in the 3 Idiots and his audition-day t-shirt were the same.
This comment by Ali Fazal comes just days before the theatrical release of Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial Dunki.
Named ‘Dunki’, the movie signifies the inaugural partnership between the actor and director Rajkumar Hirani and is set to grace the theaters on December 21. Advance ticket sales commenced on Saturday, and within a day, the SRK-led film has amassed a whopping Rs 1.36 crore, according to Sacnilk.