{"id":441202,"date":"2026-05-14T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/441202\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:19:09","slug":"mahesh-bhatt-narrated-zakhm-to-ajay-devgn-while-he-was-in-the-shower-the-actor-ended-up-getting-a-national-award-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/441202\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahesh Bhatt narrated ‘Zakhm’ to Ajay Devgn while he was in the shower, the actor ended up getting a National award for it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mahesh Among the many films in Ajay Devgn\u2019s extensive body of work, ‘Zakhm’ remains one of the most understated yet impactful. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt<\/a>, the film has steadily gained cult status over the years and is now regarded as one of the filmmaker\u2019s most defining creations.In a recent interview, Ajay Devgn recalled the unusual way he came on board for the film. When asked whether he had ever read a script overnight, the actor shared a memorable incident from his time shooting in Hyderabad.\u201cI don\u2019t remember reading any script overnight; but I do remember this one time, while shooting in Hyderabad. At the time, there were no mobile phones. I was in the shower. The hotel\u2019s bathroom landline rang, I received it and it was Bhatt Saab (Mahesh Bhatt) on the line,” he said in an interview with Variety India.Devgn then revealed how Bhatt narrated the story to him in just a couple of minutes. \u201cHe told me, \u2018I want you to do a film for me,\u2019 and I said, \u2018Bhatt Saab, I am having a bath, can I call you back?\u2019 He said, \u2018No, no, one second and it will take me two minutes.\u2019 In two minutes, he narrated Zakhm and I said, \u2018Now, can I have a shower? Let me go, I am doing the film.\u2019\u201dThe actor also spoke about Bhatt\u2019s faith in him long before he became a star. Recalling an early memory from before his debut release, Devgn shared, \u201cMy first film hadn\u2019t released and I was standing outside my dad\u2019s office. A car was passing by and Bhatt Saab remarked, \u2018I looked into your eyes while the car was moving. You are going to do great, trust me on that.\u2019 That felt amazing, too.\u201dPreviously, Mahesh Bhatt had also reflected on the difficult journey of bringing Zakhm to theatres. The film, which featured Pooja Bhatt<\/a>, Sonali Bendre<\/a>, Kunal Khemu, and Nagarjuna Akkineni alongside Ajay Devgn, faced several hurdles during its release.Speaking at an event in 2014, Bhatt said, \u201cThe NDA was in power at that time. I was told that I must be mad to make that film. I had the toughest time to release it. It took a lot of me to get it out there. The film was made with passion and we are glad that Ajay Devgn got a National Award for it.\u201dOn the work front, Ajay Devgn was recently seen in De De Pyaar De 2, while Mahesh Bhatt\u2019s last directorial venture was Sadak 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the many films in Ajay Devgn\u2019s extensive body of work, ‘Zakhm’ remains one of the most understated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[206802,206800,206804,458,146,85,46,206805,23993,206801,20096,93435,206803],"class_list":["post-441202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ajay-devgn-national-award","tag-ajay-devgn-zakhm","tag-bhatt-saab-phone-call","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kunal-khemu","tag-mahesh-bhatt","tag-mahesh-bhatt-zakhm","tag-pooja-bhatt","tag-sonali-bendre","tag-zakhm-film-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}