Chunkey Panday Took Money For Salman Khan: Chunky Pandey is one of the versatile actors of Bollywood. He has played all kinds of roles in his career so far. From lead roles to comic roles and villain roles, the 60-year-old actor has given his 100 percent and has impressed with his acting every time. At the same time, Chunky Pandey is also very stingy. Once Chunky Pandey himself told an anecdote related to Salman Khan, which left everyone surprised.
When Chunky Pandey took bribe to bring Salman Khan
Actually, in an old interview given to Lehren, Chunky had revealed that he had gone to South Africa to shoot a show with Salman Khan. During this, he took Salman Khan to a store and promised to get him free jeans. Chunky had told, “I told Salman, let’s go shopping, I will give you jeans for free. So we went shopping in a mall and then gave him free jeans and shoes. And then later Salman came to know that I had taken 50,000 dollars from the shopkeeper to bring him there.”
Chunky then revealed the backstory. He said, “The shopkeeper paid $50,000 but he paid $50,000 for the sponsorship of the show. He was the sponsor and the deal was to bring Salman to the store.”
Akshay had called Chunky a ‘smart businessman’
Earlier, during the promotion of ‘Housefull 4’, Akshay Kumar had also mentioned this incident on Kapil Sharma’s show and called Chunky a ‘smart businessman’.
Chunky was one of the top actors of the 90s
Let us tell you that Chunky Pandey was one of the top actors of the 90s in Hindi cinema. He started his acting career with the 1987 multi-starrer film Aag Hi Aag. The film received a very positive response from the audience. Chunky Pandey worked in many successful films from 1987 to 1994. However, he gained popularity from the film Tezaab. Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were in the lead roles in this film. Chunky married Bhavana Pandey in 1998. The couple has two daughters, Ananya and Risa. Ananya Pandey has also become a Bollywood actress now.