Pappu from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa is now a famous Bollywood director who directed Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, and Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is an all-time favorite movie of many across all age groups that recently completed 15 years. Be it Pappu Can’t Dance or Kabhi Kabhi Aditi, fans will hum these memorable songs. But did you know that ‘Pappu’ in the movie is now an award-winning director?
Well yes, Remember that awkward, weird dancer in the song Pappu Can’t Dance Saala who was sharing a drink with his crush and ruining his guitar? He is now an award-winning director and he is none other than Shakun Batra.
Shakun Batra is popularly known for directing films like Gehraiyaan, Kapoor and Sons, and Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu. Born on January 1, 1983, Batra entered the entertainment industry as a side actor in 2006 Don: The Chase Begins Again.
He then went on to work as an assistant director in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na where he was asked to do a small role in the song Pappu Can’t Dance Saala. Recalling the time, Shakun Batra told Ranveer Allahbadia in an old interview, “We were in Alibaug and we didn’t have enough actors, so Abbas, the director, looked at me and said, ‘just do this part na, we need this one pappu…”
He further added, “In my head, I was like, ‘What is this track, Pappu Can’t Dance and who is going to listen to this track’...so I stood up and did it. Cut to (later), it became a film that everyone watched.”
The filmmaker made his directorial debut with Kareena Kapoor Khan, in Imran Khan’s Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and later went on to work with Deepika Padukone and Ananya Panday in Gehraiyaan and Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan and Rishi Kapoor in Kapoor and Sons.
Meanwhile, Helmed by Abbas Tyrewala, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na was a blockbuster starring Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza. The movie revolved around friendship, heartbreak, and romance.
Read Did you know Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na gave tribute to Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for God?
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