When it comes to meaty roles, actors just pounce on them like rats on cheese. But not Chandrachur Singh. When he was offered a role in Ayesha Shroff`s Sandhya, he had nearly agreed to do it, till he learnt that the role required him to go bald.

His secretary threw a tantrum and Jackie Shroff finally approached Jaaved Jaffery to play the character. Sandhya stars Jackie Shroff and Sushmita Sen and marks Shahbaad Khan`s, son of late Amjad Khan, debut as a scriptwriter.