Overview

• Menon shared the anecdote in late June on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube podcast in a series of digital interviews revisiting Bollywood classics.
• He worked closely with director Reema Kagti to study the nuances of inebriation and shape his character’s gestures for authenticity.
• He requested that choreographer Farah Khan abandon her routine steps and allow him to improvise dance moves aligned with his role.
• Farah Khan stopped filming to ask if he was drunk or on drugs, only to learn that Menon, a lifelong teetotaller, was completely sober.
• The story has reignited interest in Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd and highlighted the film’s collaborative spirit among its cast and crew.