India, Oct. 23 -- Not many outside Bihar's political circles would immediately recognise the name Mukesh Sahani. Yet the man once designing sets for Shah Rukh Khan in 'Devdas' and Salman Khan in 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' has now emerged as the Mahagathbandhan's deputy chief minister nominee for the 2025 Bihar assembly election.

"I had been waiting for this moment for three-and-a-half long years," said the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief, moments after being named the deputy CM face with RJD's Tejashwi as the CM face.

Born in 1981 in Darbhanga to a fisherman family, Sahani earned the nickname 'Son of Mallah', a tribute to his community of boatmen and fisherfolk.

At 19, he left Bihar, worked in Mumbai as a salesman, and then broke into Bol...