New Delhi:
Rajkumar Santoshi’s film China Gate could not prove to be a big hit, but its actor and villain remained on the hearts of people for a long time. The special thing about this film was that its villain reminded people of Gabbar Singh of Sholay with his acting. Yes. It is being talked about Mukesh Tiwari, who is famous by playing the role of robber Jagira in China Gate. The film has been 27 years, but still people remember the dialogues of Jagira. It is said that despite being many big actors in this film, Mukesh Tiwari was engulfed on the hearts of people. Mukesh Tiwari worked hard to get into the role of Jagira, which people were surprised to see. The special thing is that China Gate was Mukesh Tiwari’s debut film.

Actor did not bathe for 50 days

Mukesh Tiwari got the role of bandit Jagira in the film China Gate. This robber lived between the hills and was very cruel. Mukesh Tiwari did not take a bath for about 50 days to get into this role. He had to look dirty, so he did not take a bath. Others do not smell, so they always lived by putting perfume on themselves. When the film was shot on the hills, the eagle crows would hover over them. He did not even cut beard and hair for several days for the character. Seeing them around them, people used to run away from them. Once at the time of shooting, his horse got rid of his horse and he fell from the horse and got injured. But there was no effect on his passion and he continued to shoot. He had a dialogue in the film – I liked my mind, I ate the dog cut, which was quite a hit at that time.

Hit from the character

In this film, Mukesh Tiwari was in front of Om Puri, Danny, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, Kulbhushan Kharbanda. Mukesh Tiwari became a hit by playing the role of Jagira. However, it is different that even after this he was unemployed for two years. Later Mukesh Tiwari shone as recovery brother in Rohit Shetty’s film Golmaal series. In the role of recovery brother, he became such a hit that people call him recovery brother.