Film director Hansal Mehta recalls how chef Sanjeev Kapoor got rejected for his first show ‘Khana Khazana’ and later became a hit

Hansal Mehta, the director of the then widespread cookery present ‘Khana Khazana' revealed the inspiring story of chef Sajeev Kapoor. Hansal Mehta revealed how the channel declined to take Sanjeev Kapoor because the host.

Well-known host, chef Sanjeev Kapoor, who received stardom by his first Khana Khazana, had by no means anticipated to be well-known within the Indian cooking business within the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s.

In his current interview, Hansal said, “The channel had simply began and I went in. I wrote a proposal, a circulation chart really, about what the present will likely be like. I believed I used to be so cool. Inside three weeks, the channel gave me a cheque, saying ‘Sure, you make the present’. The beginning was phenomenal. You nearly really feel like ‘F*ck, you’ve arrived.' I received a present primarily based on meals! Each issues collectively.”

Hansal additional added how he met Sanjeev in a resort. “I might go to the resort, on the lookout for cooks who would look presentable. I went to Centaur, now Tulip Star Banquet Corridor. I requested the supervisor. He introduced his 4 cooks prefer it was my swayamvar. ‘Select the one you want,' he mentioned. So we're all having espresso and one other man in a chef coat arrives. He tells me that I ought to let him know if he wants something, ‘my identify is Sanjeev Kapoor'. He was not invited by the FnB supervisor.”

Hansal reported that after going again dwelling, he referred to as up Sanjeev and requested him to fulfill for the shoot. Hansal added, after he had began taking pictures with Sanjeev, the channel rejected him. “Nahi, nahi (no, no) we wish a lady. Housewives need somebody relatable, a lady cooking, not a person,” mentioned Hansal sharing the channel's preliminary response.