In its mission to find and honour the most incredible talent that the nation has to offer, the esteem jury of COLORS’ ‘Hunarbaaz – Desh Ki Shaan’ gave contestants a golden opportunity and selected top 14 for the Grand premiere last week. As the competition intensifies this week the contestants are all geared to give their best performances and mark their spot among the – Fantastic 12. Celebrating ‘mother’s special’ this week on the show, the judges Karan Johar and Mithun Chakraborty welcome the graceful actor, Bollywood’s ultimate Dream Girl Hema Malini who has been an inspiration to many young prodigies out there.

Hema Malini, who effortlessly dazzles everyone with her enchanting aura gave this weekend’s episode a special touch and brought in many surprises for contestants. During the shoot, Karan Johar, who happens to be a die heart fan of ‘Sholay,’ made a special request to the veteran actor and requested her to recreate the famous scene where her character ‘Basanti’ meets Dharmendra’s ‘Veeru’ for the first time. Excited to witness the same, Mithun Chakraborty volunteered to portray Veeru’s character. To give the viewers the true essence of it Basanti’s horse ‘Dhanno’ and her ‘Tanga’ was brought on stage. Veteran actor and judge Mithun Chakraborty played Veeru’s character. The spectacular recreation of this scene made everyone nostalgic as they remembered the good old days of this cult classic.

Hema Malini ends up getting candid on this special moment saying, “Doing this made me feel right at home and reminded me of the shooting days!” Karan thanks her and says, “Watching this felt like I was reliving my childhood!”