Chunky Pandey, Govinda and Shakti Kapoor shared a funny anecdote related to working with a monkey in the film Aankhen. Both Govinda and Chunky Pandey were seen in double roles in this film. Sharing the anecdote, the starcast of the film said, for the film Aankhen, not any actor or actress but the monkey got the most money. Monkey got more money than Govinda and Chunky Chunky Pandey, Govinda and Shakti Kapoor were recently a part of The Great Indian Kapil Show. During the conversation on the show, Shakti Kapoor said, ‘We worked together in the film Aankhen, in which these two were heroes. Actually no, there were three heroes. Govinda, Chunky and a monkey. The monkey got a room in a 5 star hotel Laughing at Shakti Kapoor’s words, Chunky and Govinda said, yes, that monkey got more money than us. Shakti said that the monkey was given a room in Mumbai’s Sun and Sand Hotel. He said jokingly, whenever David called the monkey, Chunky would come. Whenever he called Chunky, the monkey would come.’ Chunky has mentioned the monkey earlier too Earlier too, in an interview with Hindustan Times, Chunky Pandey had mentioned the monkey. At that time, while sharing the anecdote, Chunky had said, ‘I was told that except you, everyone in the film is in a double role and I said that this is not right. So, I was given a monkey, that monkey was paid more than me and Govinda.’ The film was released in theatres in 1993 Let us tell you, this film directed by David Dhawan was released in theatres in the year 1993. Anees Bazmee was the producer of the film. Apart from Chunky Pandey and Govinda, Ritu Shivpuri, Shilpa Shirodkar and Rageshwari Lumba also played important roles in the film.
