Sushmita Sen recalls Mahesh Bhatt saying that she could not act to save her life

Sushmita Sen recalled how she was cast in the film, saying that Bhatt had asked her to play Sushmita Sen in a movie. Sushmita said that she had no acting experience or ambition, to which Bhatt replied, “When did I say you’re a fabulous actor? But I’m a fabulous director.”

Sushmita Sen added, “I’m doing this mahurat shot, where I pull out my earring and throw it at somebody, and I’m doing it so badly I can’t even begin to tell you. He’s a fabulous director; I’ll give him that, because he broke inhibitions in front of 40 media people, 20 production assistants, publicly attacking me.”

She further revealed, “And I started crying… He was like, ‘Kya leke aaye ho? Playing Miss Universe like this on camera, she can’t act to save her life’. So I got very angry, and started walking off the set. He tried to hold my hand, and I just snapped at him and said, ‘No, you don’t talk to me like that’. I was walking away, and he grabbed my hand again and said, ‘That’s anger, go back and give it (on camera)’.”