Jameel Khan may not be a household name, but the theatre personality was busy balancing his work on stage with minor comic roles in Hindi films till a few months ago. But then a casual meeting with Manoj Bajpai put his life on a different course. A call from Anurag Kashyap followed soon that landed him in the filmmaker&rsquo;s recent coal mafia saga and the rest as they say is history. <img alt="Gulzar" src="/imagedata/2012/jul/Gulzar.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 411px; " /> After working with Naseeruddin Shah in theatre for almost a decade, Jameel has been signed for two forthcoming plays based on O Henry&rsquo;s short stories, adapted by Gulzar. And apparently, while he was rehearsing for his part, he got, in his own words, &lsquo;the biggest compliment of my life&rsquo; from none other than Gulzar. Jameel says, &ldquo;In one of the plays, I play a motormouth barber. After watching me practice my lines, Gulzar saab asked me, &lsquo;Kya khandani hajaam ho?&rsquo; I always wanted to work in Gulzar saab&rsquo;s films but since he doesn&rsquo;t direct anymore, I thought this is the finest opportunity available.&rdquo; <img alt="Jameel-Khan" src="/imagedata/2012/jul/Jameel-Khan.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 415px; " /> Used to playing smaller roles in Bollywood films, Jameel decided to break away from the usual by essaying Ashghar, the violent sidekick to Manoj Bajpai&rsquo;s volatile character in Kashyap&rsquo;s gangster project. In fact, Bajpai was quite instrumental in Jameel bagging the role. &ldquo;During a casual meet, Manoj informed me that he has signed for this film. A few days later, I got a call from Anurag asking me whether I&rsquo;d like to be part of his project,&rdquo; and adds with a smile, &ldquo;I know who to thank for this call!&rdquo;u00a0

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