Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen said that director Mahesh Bhatt humiliated her in front of the entire production team of her debut film.
The Dhadkhan star, in a conversation with fellow celebrity Twinkle Khanna, said she was told she couldn’t act when she was working on her debut film. Dastak. The actor said that Mahesh Bhatt’s team contacted her when she was in the United States.
“I was in Los Angeles (Los Angeles) when I came to India to visit my family when I got a call from Mahesh Bhatt’s office,” he said. “I was like, ‘Director Mahesh Bhatt?’ because nobody ever called me for anything. He called and said to meet up for a cup of coffee. He got together and said ‘what I want is for you to play Sushmita Sen in a movie.'”
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Sushmita Sen said that she was publicly attacked when she couldn’t film a scene properly.
“I’m doing this mahurat shot jaha pe. I take out my earring and throw it at someone. I’m doing so bad I can’t even begin to tell you. Yeah, he’s a fabulous director, I’ll tell you what… he broke his inhibitions in front of 40 media people and 20 production guys, publicly attacking me,” he said.
The veteran actor recalled telling Mahesh Bhatt that he told him he can’t act. to which he replied with “kya leke aaye ho (what have you brought)? Playing miss Universe like this on camera? She cannot act to save her life.”
The actor said his comments made her angry before walking off set and scolding him for speaking in such a way. She said that was exactly the emotion he needed from her for the scene and told him to go over there and do it.
