Neelam Kothari laughs with Chunky Pandey, recalling past filming moments from her Bollywood career (Photo Credit – Instagram)

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Bollywood actress Neelam Kothari Soni returned to the industry with a Netflix series, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. A well-known actor in the 90s1990s, Neelam Kothari has worked with superstars such as Govinda, Salman Khan, Chunky Pandey, Aamir Khan, and Saif Ali Khan.

In a recent interview, Neelam shared her experience working with Chunky Pandey in the film Aag Hi Aag 1987. “Chunky is a perfect friend today. And he was a good friend back then, too, but there were days when I just wanted to kill him. He used to irritate me on the set because he was a newcomer. He took his own sweet time. ‘The shots are ready, cameras are set, but where’s Chunky Pandey’?

She added, “There was a scene in Aag Hi Aag where I was getting married to someone else, and Chunky was supposed to come on a bike, pick me up from the mandap, and ride away. I asked him 10 times if he knew how to ride a bike, and he kept saying, ‘Of course.’ He didn’t know. He was joking. So he picked me up on the bike and pushed the accelerator so hard that it did a wheelie, and I was in bridal attire.

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