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Chunky Panday revealed how he ended up getting paid for attending a funeral.
Chunky Panday opened up about attending events for money.
Bollywood actor Chunky Panday revealed when he was starting off his acting career, he would depend on events for extra income. Appearing on The Great Indian Kapil Show, Chunky told Kapil Sharma that he used to attend any event that came his way and unknowingly ended up at a funeral. He was not only paid to attend it but was also offered extra money if he cried at the funeral.
“When I was starting off as an actor, we had only one source of extra income and that was attending events. I used to have a bag ready, whoever would call me I would take my bag and run — be it wedding, birthday or even Mundan ceremony. One morning, I got a call from an organiser. He asked, ‘What are you doing today?’ I told him, ‘I am just leaving for a shooting.’ He asked me where it is and I told him it’s in Film City. He then said, ‘Bhai, raaste mein ek chota sa event hai, 10 minute ke liye, aana, paise ache hai.’ I said sure. He then asked me, ‘If you’re coming, wear white clothes and come.’ I didn’t think much, wore white clothes and landed at the venue,” Chunky said.
“I reached and saw there were several people standing outside wearing white clothes. I slowly walked in and people were staring at me. They were whispering between themselves that Chunky Panday has come and I was wondering what is happening. I saw the dead body and I realised I was at a funeral. I was naive and thought that the organiser might have died by the time I reached. I saw the organiser in the corner and called for him. He said, ‘Sir, don’t worry, your packet (of money) is with me. But the family said that if you would cry, they will give you more money.’ This really happened,” he added.
Chunky made his acting debut in the 1987 multi-starer Aag Hi Aag. He went on to star in films such as Tezaab, Aankhen, Tirchhi Topiwale, De Dana Dan, and Housefull.
