If you are making the film Sanjay Leela Bhansali, then they definitely have an equal focus on every small and big character. To make any story big and luxurious, it is necessary for the people around the stars to do the best work. Perhaps this is the reason why small characters of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's films also live in the hearts of the audience. In 2002, when Bhansali made 'Devdas', the audience joined the film with full heart. Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit played memorable characters in 'Devdas'. But one character was also of Chunni Babu or Chunnilal. Which may not be a little less in 'Devdas', but when it was seen, people could not remove their eyes from it.

The story of the film revolving around Devdas, Chandramukhi, Paro and Chunni Babu caught everyone's attention. Jackie Shroff was seen in the role of Chunni Babu. But do you know that Jackie Shroff was not the first choice for this Kires. After 3-3 actors did not say, Bhansali offered this role to Jackie Shroff. This was revealed by Jaggu Dada himself. Before Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered this role to Govinda, Manoj Bajpayee and Saif Ali Khan.

Nobody wanted to be a sardine babu - Jackie Shroff

During a conversation with actress Karishma Tanna, Jackie Shroff spoke about her character in 'Devdas'. He had told that many actors had refused to become Chunni Babu. After the stars, that role fell into his bag and got a chance to become a Chunni Babu. Jackie Shroff told that no one was ready to become a shanti babu in Devdas, but he was ready. He was surprised to know why no one wanted to do this role. The mad dog has bitten.

Manoj Bajpayee did not agree due to side role

Jackie Shroff had said about his character that in every scene you cannot become a king, who got the ear of the upper one, hold and get out. At the same time, the reason behind rejecting this role of Manoj Bajpayee was revealed that he was playing the lead role in some films at that time. In such a situation, he did not find it right to play the side role in Devdas. However, they say that what happens is for good. Jackie Shroff has played the character of Chunni Babu in a very brilliant way. He also gets a lot of praise from everyone for his work.