Karisma Kapoor saved me: Her first co-star Harish recalls drowning incident during Prem Qaidi shoot
Did you know Karisma Kapoor was 17-years-old, when she made her Bollywood debut in Prem Qaidi co-starring Harish?
Karisma Kapoor saved Harsh from drowning
Harish said he saved Karisma in a scene in the film, but in reality, it was the opposite on set. He recalled, “Karisma usme (pool) koodti hai toh main usme jump karke usko bachata hoon. Lekin haqeeqat main aaj aapko bata raha hoon ki Karisma ko bachane ke liye main kooda, lekin reality mein Karisma ne mujhe bachaya kyunki mujhe swimming nahi aati thi (She jumps into the pool and I save her in the scene. But in reality, she is the one who saved me because I did not know swimming).”
He added, “Main really thodi der mein doobne laga, main doob bhi gaya tha aur sab ko lag raha tha ki ‘Kuch prank kar raha hai ye’. Literally Karisma ne mujhe pakda, uske kapde pakad liye maine. I was literally holding her. Toh aise din bhi hota the 90s mein (I was about to drown, in fact I was drowning, but people on set thought I was playing a prank, so no one helped me expect Karisma. She held me and I held on to her clothes. So all this used to also happen in nineties Bollywood).”
More about Karisma’s first film Prem Qaidi
Written by and directed by K Murali Mohana Rao, the film featured Karisma and Harish along with Dalip Tahil, Paresh Rawal, Asrani, Shafi Inamdar and Bharat Bhushan. The film was a remake of the 1990 Telugu film Prema Khaidi. Interestingly, Karisma was only 17 when the film was released, while co-star Harish was a year younger than her.
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