Anil Kapoor Called Padmini Kolhapure To Perform Reiki On Him During Taal Climax Shoot: ‘I Was Stressed’ – News18

The film Taal, starring Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Anil Kapoor, recently marked its 25th anniversary at a special event in Mumbai. During the celebration, Anil shared that he felt very nervous before filming the climax scene where his character, Vikrant, tells Aishwarya’s character, Mansi, to be with Akshaye’s character, Manav. This moment happens just before Vikrant and Mansi are supposed to get married, showing Vikrant’s big change as he lets go of his love.

At the event organised by Radio Nasha, Anil mentioned that director Subhash Ghai often gave him lines at the last minute, making the scene even more challenging. He was so anxious about it that he considered not going to the set at all. To calm his nerves, he even asked actress Padmini Kolhapure to do reiki on him.

“I said I am not going to come on the set,” Anil recalled telling Subhas Ghai, who, in turn, said, he doesn’t have to come but the filmmaker will wait up for him. “He knows me so well. He said, ‘Okay don’t come, I’ll wait anyway’. So in the morning, I woke up and I told my wife, ‘I am not going. It’s a very long scene and he will give it at the last moment and I want to do my best’. Then it was 7 am… 8 am… I called Padmini Kolhapure to perform reiki on me. I was so stressed, so anxious and nervous. She came, she did reiki on me,” he shared.

To celebrate 25 years of “Taal” starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshaye Khanna, the musical romantic drama film is set to re-release on September 27. Filmmaker Subhash Ghai said, “With the re-release, I’m thrilled that audiences can experience the magic of ‘Taal’ all over again on the big screen.” Earlier this year, Anil Kapoor celebrated 25 years of the film, and spoke about how he shot ‘Ramta Jogi’ song without any rehearsals at all.