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New Delhi:

Did you realize actress Shanthi Priya walked out of Sunny Deol’s Veertaa? The movie, directed by Shibu Mitra, was launched in 1993. Veertaa additionally featured Jaya Prada, Neena Gupta, and Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee. In a latest interview with Siddharth Kannan, Shanthi Priya revealed she needed to stroll out of the movie because of “narration” points. The actress, who was paired reverse Prosenjit within the movie, stated, “The narration was different from what we were doing on the sets. We were shooting a song sequence, and it felt as if I was some junior dancer. Jaya [Prada] ji was there, Sunny [Deol] was there, then Prosenjit [Chatterjee] ji was there from Bengal. We were paired opposite each other, and Jaya Prada and Sunny Deol were playing together. So, I felt that something was going on. My character wasn’t going the way I was told. Maine secretary ko phone kiya aur bola ki mujhe nahi lagta hai ki jaisa bataya gaya, vaisa jaa raha hai. [I called my secretary and told him that something is not working out. The movie isn’t going as narrated.]” At that point I used to be doing Phool Aur Angaar and all. So, Salim [Akhtar] ji was very explicit ‘Shanthi do not do any type of film as a result of it should then have an effect on my film additionally.’” Salim Akhtar backed Phool Aur Angaar, which additionally starred Mithun Chakraborty, Paresh Rawal and Prem Chopra. The Ashok Gaikwad film was launched in 1993. 

Shanthi Priya added that she was threatened by the makers after she determined to stroll out of Veertaa. “We [Shanthi Priya and team] known as the producer and stated, ‘We do not wish to do any film.’ Then thoda sa dhamki diya ki aapne itna footage kiya hai kaise hoga [We were threatened too.] So we stated, ‘Jo hume narration diya hai, woh nhi kiya.’ So, it simply fizzled out like that,” the actress stated.

When requested about how Sunny Deol reacted to the incident, Shanthi Priya added, “Mujhe nahi lagta hai unko malum bhi hai iske naked mai [I don’t think he knows). I really don’t know. We didn’t have this communication or at that time social media wasn’t that bold. Social media toh us time tha hi nahi. Toh itna spread bhi nhi hota tha (We didn’t have social media at that time. So things never used to go viral).”

During the same interview, Shanthi Priya recalled how she was dropped from films because of her skin colour and no bikini rule. “I was dropped from films a lot of times. Sometimes for my colour. Sometimes it was me because I said I didn’t want to wear a bikini. It was like that,” she quipped. 

Earlier, in a chat session with Siddharth Kannan,Shanthi Priya revealed that Akshay Kumar had commented on her complexion on the sets of the 1994 film Ikke Pe Ikka. She said, “It is a sensitive topic. I don’t think he [Akshay Kumar] realised that. In entrance of everyone, he requested, ‘Did you get damage? Did you fall down someplace?’ I stated, ‘No, why?’ He stated, ‘What occurred? Why are your knees so darkish and black? Is {that a} blood clot?’” 

Shanthi Priya was final seen within the net sequence Dharavi Bank, in 2022, reverse Suneil Shetty.