Saurabh Shukla is one of the big names in the Indian film industry and has featured in Bollywood, Kollywood and even in Tollywood films in his career.
It is worth mentioning here that he is the National Award winning Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who plied his trade in Hindi and a few Tamil and Telugu films.
Notably, he is famous for his roles in Satya, Nayak: The Real Hero, Yuva, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Barfi!, Jolly LLB, Kick, PK, Jolly LLB 2 and Raid. He has also worked in a short documentary with Ruth Agnihotri and Rachael Agnihotri in Goa.
In 2014, he bagged the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Jolly LLB.
Case in point, actor Saurabh Shukla and Ranbir Kapoor once rank the expensive rum bottle during their time in Leh. Yes, you read it right and we are not kidding.
In the latest episode of Unfiltered By Samdish, Saurabh Shukla shared an amusing episode about his time with the Brahmastra actor. The duo worked in movies such as Barfi, Jagga Jasoos, and Shamshera.
He said, “I have had a rum which costs Rs 30,000 a bottle. Woh mujhe Ranbir Kapoor ne pilayi thi, usko Nagarjuna ne pilayi thi (Ranbir Kapoor made me drink it, and it was Nagarjuna who made Ranbir drink). It wasn’t a full bottle, a quarter was not in it when Ranbir had opened it.”
When the host went on to ask if Kapoor brought the battle after finishing it off, he said, “No, as in, he must have drank from it. I was in Leh so he asked me, ‘Sir what are you drinking?’ I said Old Monk, so he said I will make you drink this. Dono ne khoob pi (We drank a lot). But then it got over, so he said, ‘Sir thodi kam pad gayi’. Then I asked him if he will have Old Monk, he said yes and then maine usko Old Monk pilayi (and then I made him drink Old Monk).”