Actress Neena Gupta has recently launched her autobiography named, ‘Sach Kahu Toh.’ Recalling the incidents of her life she said on the sets of Eena Meena Deeka where she was shouted at by director David Dhawan. She burst into tears and actor Juhi Chawla showed compassion to the actress.
In Eena Meena Deeka, Neena Gupta who was a National Award-winning actor at the time we’re given a small role as a beggar. When she requested the director David Dhawan to give her character some lines, he splashes out at her. In an interview with Film Companion, the actress revealed out the incident and said, “I started crying when he said that and a whole lot of actors were there, and I felt very bad. Juhi Chawla was there and she took me inside and said, ‘Don’t worry, I have also cried many times when I started out.’ And then she explained that David is in a very tough situation, he has too much stress, and this and that. But my thing is, I always have this amazing capability of moving on. I used to pray so many times to God, ‘Hey Bhagwan, yeh film release na ho (God, let this film not release).’”
1989’s film Eena Meena Deeka was a remake of the Hollywood movie Three Fugitives. The movie stars Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna. However, careerwise, the actress was last seen in Sardar Ka Grandson co-starring Arjun Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh.
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