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Shreyas Talpade took to his social media to apologise over a film scene from his 2012 film Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal and while talking about it , he says, “Someone tweeted about it, apparently in one sequence in the film, I had to stop the tempo with my foot. There was a sticker of Om in front of it. Someone tweeted that I put my foot over the Om."
"I play a Christian guy in the film. I didn’t realise... my focus was on the tempo coming at a particular speed, will I be able to stop it properly, there are different pressures. Honestly I didn’t realise this," he tells Hindustan Times.
He later states that another social media user brought it to his notice that his foot was actually next to the symbol, and not on it. Despite that, Talpade felt it was necessary to apologise anyway. “I don’t become a smaller person if I apologise. At the end of the day, Om has a bigger and religious connotation. I felt it was the right thing for me to apologise for something that actually happened unintentionally,” says the 47-year-old.
He goes on to add why he didn’t clarify it further, “I didn’t want to. I remember there was so much pressure during that sequence. Anyway, I completely respect people’s religious sentiments because I am also a religious guy. I have no intention to create any controversy.”
'Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal' was a 2012 Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Priyadarshan. It starred Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Asrani, Shreyas Talpade, Shakti Kapoor and Nyra Banerjee. The film has been produced by Percept Picture Company. The story was adapted from Malayalam film Marykkundoru Kunjaadu written by Benny P. Nayarambalam. This film was the reboot of the 2006 comedy film Malamaal Weekly.
