Famous Hindi cinema actor Shatrughan Sinha, also known as 'Shotgun,' began his career as a villain. However, it was the 1976 film Kalicharan, directed by Subhash Ghai, that brought him the success he needed as a leading hero. After Kalicharan, Shotgun never looked back. Though Shatrughan Sinha appears less frequently in films today, he remains highly active in politics. Recently, Shatrughan Sinha had an insightful conversation with senior journalist Bharathi S. Pradhan for Lehren, during which he revealed why his Mumbai bungalow is named Ramayana. Tune in to this intriguing conversation in the latest Lehren podcast. #shatrughansinha #ramayana #sonakshisinha #luvkussh #poonamsinha #reenaroy
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00:00My father was a very disciplined man, very disciplined.
00:10We had a car, but they didn't give us a car to go there.
00:15To go to the station.
00:16To go to the station.
00:17No, you are going on a struggle.
00:18What is this?
00:19What is this course of acting?
00:20What will you become?
00:21You will become a joker.
00:22What will you become?
00:23You have seen all three.
00:24What are the names of all three?
00:25Doctor.
00:26Doctor.
00:27Doctor Ram.
00:28Doctor Lakhan, Doctor Bharat.
00:31I was about to become a compounder.
00:33Many people used to say, how did father know?
00:36Correct.
00:37That there will be four sons.
00:38That is why he named them Ram, Lakhan, Bharat, Shatrughna.
00:47We are sitting in Ramayana.
00:49This is very unique, very very unique.
00:54Anukha hai ki ek parivaar mein Ram, Lakhan, Bharat and Kshatrughan, chaar bete aise naam
01:02ke hai.
01:03How did your parents think of this?
01:05Pata nahi kaise, wo bhi lagta hai, bahut confidence tha.
01:09Pehle toh koi santan nahi thi.
01:11Santan nahi, ab aapki kitab me bhi likha hai, lekin wo, ek Varanasi me abhi bhi hoga, achcha
01:18hai.
01:19Ek bandi tha, Ram Ramapati Bank, aur America se, America jaane ke pehle, unhone.
01:30Koun aapki pitaji?
01:31Mere pitaji.
01:32America se unhone B.Sc.
01:33M.Sc.
01:34kiya tha.
01:35Kansas se aur Pennsylvania State University se.
01:39Lekin uske pehle unhone, jab santan praapti nahi ho rahi thi toh, jo hum logo bataya
01:46hai ki, Ram Ramapati Bank mein shayad, sawa sawa lakh Ram naama rojh likhna padta tha.
01:52Woh arzi deni padti thi, woh arzi kar swikar ho gayi, toh chaar takke, chaar putra praapti
01:58ki aapki sambhavna, aur aapki arzi manzoor hoti thi.
02:04Uske baad, agar aur aap kehte toh, laalaj manan jata tha, greed.
02:09Toh aisa log kehte hai, wohin pe jo ne pooja paath kiya maawaapne aur sawa sawa lakh Ram
02:15naama rojh likhna aasaan nahi hota hai, woh karke aur woh kaise wahan jamaa kiya, kaise
02:24arzi manzoor hui, aur ekdum jo sawal aapne kiya, bahot log kehte the, kaise pata tha pitaji
02:30ko?
02:31Spirit.
02:32Ki chaar hi bete hunge, tabhi naam rakha, Ram, Lakhan, Bharat, Shatrughna.
02:37It's bahot anokha hai, kyunki I have never heard of aur koi parivaari nahi hai, jahaan
02:43aisa hi chaar bete hain.
02:45Isi liye log kehte hai, ghar ka naama Ramayana kaise ho, Ramayana isliye hui.
02:48Main actually poochne wali thi ki, idea kiska tha, ki aapne jab bungalow banaya, uska naam
02:54Ramayana hona chahiye, kiska idea tha?
02:57Mane logon ne kaha, ki so ye toh parivaar hai, jiske chaar bhai hain, aap log chaar bete
03:02hain, aur Ram, Lakhan, Bharat, Shatrughna, toh isse Ramayana se badhiya aur kya naam
03:08ho sakta hai, so Ramayana ki, Ramayana ki characters hai, Ramayana se aate hain saare.
03:13Toh isliye, haan, toh isliye besa rakha hai, aur dekhiye tafaq, ki jab yahaan pe hume
03:21bachon ka phal mila, putra prapti hui, junma beton karoop mein, toh isse pehle hum faisla
03:28karte, saab logon ne, media ne, saare logon ne, ki love kush ka, its arrival of love
03:36and kush in Ramayana, toh aise hua, yeh karke, ek ittafaq hai, isko sanyog kahenge, prayog
03:45nahi kahenge.
03:46That's true, that's true, Sunoo ji, aapka image jab aap acting karte the pehle pehle,
03:56toh aapka image tha of very macho, he man, yeh wo, aur ladkiya aap pe marte the, shayad
04:03abhi bhi marte honge, toh, lekin yeh bhi sahi hai na, ki aapka jo influence raha hai, aapki
04:14zindagi mein, sabse zyada women have influenced you more than anybody else na, jaise ki your
04:21mother, jaise ki Mumtaz, matlab every corner of your life, every turn, hamesha ek aurat
04:33ka haath raha hai aapki, hain na, haan, amma ka bahot, bahot hi haath raha, bhagwa bolti
04:41thi humko, aur star bange, so called a star bange, ghar jate the, Patna jate the, hamesha
04:48jaana laga raha, aur itni bahar bheer lagi raha thi, dekhne ke liye, log aate the, pyaar
04:53karte the, unko bahut fakar bhi hota tha, Bihar se pehli baar ko itna bada star bange
04:59hai, toh unko achha lakta tha, toh, lekin wahan bhi wo saamne aake kai baar bolti thi,
05:05ki jao wo samaan leke raho bahar se, aur humne ka, main samaan leke raho, yahan toh crowd
05:10sabala nahi jaha raha hai, aur bahar kaise jao sakte hai, kya matlab hai, bahot bade
05:14aadmi ban gaye hain aap, ki aap yeh bhi nahi kar date hain, bahar jaake, wahan bhai churi
05:18baali hai na, unko boliye kaha, maine churi ka order diya tha, wo leke aaye, wo bhi leke
05:24rahiye gaye, kahi baar kar deta tha, samjhaad nahi maan deta.
05:29Lekin aap prabhavit huye the na, unse, she influenced you a lot na, bahot zyada, in fact
05:39jab aap FTII Pune ke liye nikal rahe the, toh aapke pita ji na khush tha, but your mother
05:46was very supportive.
05:48Unko jaayi hai aap bilkul, jo rasta chun liya hai aapne, toh yeh hi hoga aapko, jaayi hai
05:55aap, murke hue, hum jab FTII jaa rahe the toh, mere pita ji toh bahot disciplined aadmi
06:02the, bahot disciplined.
06:04Shyam ke 6 baje, saara 6 baje khaana kha le na, raat ke 9, saara 9 baje so jaana, jo
06:10aaj film industry mein shayad Akshay Kumar kar wo.
06:14Toh wo toh Amerika ke the, padhe leke leke, uske baad wo disciplined the bahot, aur ikdum
06:20jaldi so jaate the khaana, toh unno kaha ki nahi, aur gadi thi humare pa, car, kar nahi
06:28di, wahan jaane ke liye.
06:30Station jaane ke liye.
06:31Station jaane ke liye, nahi aap struggle pe jaa rahe hai, yeh kya acting ke kya course
06:35hota hai, aap kya banege acting, joker banege, kya banege, unko samajh mein nahi aagye acting
06:40ke training kya hoti hai, isliye mere, jo uspe form pe likhna hota hai, parents ka,
06:48parents, father or the, usse main parent nahi hota hai, father or the guardian, ab toh
06:54shayad maa ka bhi hota hoga, hota hai aur achi baat hai, toh father or the guardian,
06:59father ne kaha ki nahi, main ispe sign nahi karunga, hala ke baad mein uspe bahot fakar
07:05kiya, bahot maante the andar se, unko takleef thi, aur pehli baad ghar ka sabse chota beta,
07:11wahan se jaa raha hai, Pune, bada beta toh America chala gaya, doosa bete ki America
07:16doctor Ram Sinha America mein the, doctor Lakhan Sinha ki America jaane ki baat ho rahi
07:22thi, doctor Bharat Sinha, doctor of medicine, wo shayad London jaate, unse baat chal rahi
07:29thi, aur mera FTII jaana, actor banne ho bhi, teenon aapne dekha na, teenon ke naam ke
07:37aage, doctor hai, doctor, doctor Ram, doctor Lakhan, doctor Bharat, main toh compounder
07:43banne lag nahi tha, toh mere aage toh doctor title lag nahi sakha, yeh baat alag hai ki
07:47ek din mein desh ka health minister banne, health minister banne, wo alag issue hai,
07:51jo kisi kaabil nahi hota hai, kahi baad Lok Tantra mein, wo aise bhi mantri ban jata
07:56hai, health minister ban jata hai, mere saath bhi shayad aisa hi hua hoga, toh wahaan pe
08:01mother jo hai, wo main rickshaw pe samaan rakkar, aur samaan kya, pehli baad train se
08:07aur Bihar ka border cross kar raha tha, toh, baksa bolte hain, baksa, toh baksa leke uspe
08:14rickshaw pe rakha humne, jab jaane ki ghadi aayi, toh naturally mein toh bahot ro raha
08:23tha, aur wo ro raha tha, aur wo, amma bhi bahot ro rahi thi, aur rote rote hain, you
08:30were her ladla na, haan, bahuwa tabhi toh bolte hain, bahuwa, doll, bahuwa, chutka bahuwa,
08:37sabse chota beta, aur uske baad woh, behosh ho gayi, behosh ho gayi, toh main utar gaya
08:46rickshaw se, aur meri himmat nahi jaane ki, humne kya nahi jaata, bas train ki ticket
08:52hai, kitna 32, 36 rupee ki ticket hai, wohi cancel hoga na, jo bhi wo sab dekhte hai,
08:58bath, woh bhi baal baal nahi mil jayega, toh humne kaha ke nahi jaaunga main, khair, thoda
09:05jame unko hosh hain, unko kaha, yeh kya kar rahe hain aap, aap jayiye, agar wohi moment
09:11tha, is paar ya us paar, us paar, okay, and woh moment unko kaha, aap jayiye, ekdham, ekdham
09:16chinta mat gaye, hum theek ho jaayenge, ekdham yeh kar gaye, aur kaise rota hota gaya, wohi
09:22main kahi baar kisa suna chuka hoon, aapko hi bata chuka hoon ki, train mein baitha, train
09:29mein aaya, humein malum hai ki aapki pehli mulaqat promi se udhar hi hui, train mein.