If Govinda thinks that he got a raw deal in Mani Ratnam's 'Raavan', then he can seek solace in the savage butchering that Tejaswini Kolhapure's role suffered.
Padmini Kolhapure's pretty baby sister was signed on for a prominent role as Ravi Kissan's wife in the movie. She spent two-and-half gruelling months away from home and husband (filmmaker-actor Pankaj Saraswat) in the jungles shooting for 'Raavan'.
The end-result - one passing shot, lasting no more than five seconds in a wedding song. Surely this must rank as the most abbreviated role in the history of Hindi cinema!
One of Tejaswini's co-stars in 'Raavan' says: 'At least Tejaswini is visible in one shot. Poor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, at his age, he was on location in the jungles for 90 days. He doesn't even have one scene in the film. And what about poor Sachin Khedekar, who is there for just one scene as Abhishek's father? He also played Aishwarya's father in Guru and had his role chopped off because Mani wanted to focus on the Abhishek-Aishwarya story.'
