Aftab Shivdasani made his lead role debut in Bollywood with Ram Gopal Varma's 'Mast' opposite Urmila Matondkar. 'Mast' was a superhit after it was released and Aftab Shivdasani gained immense popularity from it.
We're talking about Rohit Shetty's Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, released in 2006, which not only entertained us but also helped many actors in their careers.
Shankar had first offered the 1999 political action film Mudhalvan to Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan before casting Arjun. In 2001, when he made its Bollywood remake Nayak, his first choices were Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan but eventually, he made his Hindi directorial debut with Anil Kapoor.