Baazigar, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, and Kajol was released in 1993, and was a pioneer in cinema in many ways. Shah Rukh’s first-ever iconic character was for this film, which also proved to be a stepping stone on his path to global stardom. Shilpa made her debut with this film and went on to establish a name for herself. Kajol and Shah Rukh’s journey as the most iconic on-screen couple also began from this film. Recently, talking about Baazigar, Kajol revealed that she could not stop laughing looking at Shilpa’s feet while shooting a scene.
Kajol says she could not stop laughing looking at Shilpa Shetty’s feet during an emotional scene
While Kajol revealed in an interview with The Lallantop that when she and Shilpa were shooting a shot where the latter’s character had just died, she could not stop laughing. The Dilwale actress revealed that she looked at Shilpa’s feet and thought to herself who puts so much nail paint while dying and couldn’t stop laughing at this thought. Kajol said that she kept laughing at that, thinking about the nail paint. In the interview she said:
“Bechari Shilpa ke saath hua. It was the dead body sequence, and for some reason, I just couldn’t stop laughing at her feet. I looked at them and thought, ‘Who applies this much nail polish while dying?’ I was laughing uncontrollably just looking at her feet.”
Kajol revealed that she was scolded by director, Abbas over her uncontrollable laughter
Kajol said that she kept laughing during the shot. Initially, co-director, Abbas tried to politely advise her saying that she had to give the shot and cry during the scene. However, when Kajol still could not control her peals of laughter, he snapped at her. The actress recalled that Abbas scolded her and said what if the scene was real with her own sister, then would she still laugh. Kajol stated that after this statement, she snapped out of her jovial mood. Talking about Abbas scolding her, she said:
“Aur Abbas bhai said, ‘Baby no, listen, you have to give shot right now and cry.’ But I couldn’t control myself. Toh Abbas bhai ne fir daanta mujhe uss time ki,’Stop it. Imagine if it was your real sister, then would you be laughing like this?’ Toh ekdum flip hogaya mera fir mood.”
Netizens were not amused by Kajol’s anecdote
Though Kajol shared this incident as part of a fun and lighthearted memory, netizens were not amused with her anecdote. One Reddit user wrote, “The interviewer is not amused one bit. Imagine how Shilpa would’ve felt”. A Redditor also said, “This woman always brags about her privilege in the most tone deaf way. Imagine stunts like this from Shilpa at the time who was a newbie outsider, they would’ve thrown her out of their film”. Another commenter penned down:
“Sometimes its ok to have lighter moments but otherwise Unprofessional and she could afford all laidback approach coz she was a nepo kid. Same agree shilpa karti toh nikal dete movie se ya producer class le leta. Ya srk koi zyada timepass kardeta toh article chapwa dete ‘unprofessional newcomer’ wale.”
What are your thoughts on Kajol’s anecdote from the sets of Baazigar?
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