Neena Gupta remembers when a director gave her ‘maa behen ki gaali’ once

Neena Gupta: Actor Neena Gupta, who has been in the film industry for long, remembers how things have changed in front of her eyes. One thing that she is really thankful for is the change in the behavior of the arrogant directors on set.

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They chopped her lines

Talking about the change in an interview, Neena recalled the time when once a director abused her in front of her colleagues. She said, "I was doing very small role in a film. There was this scene where I had just two or three lines to speak in a group. But during production, even those lines were chopped off and I was left with no role. I went to the director and said, “Arre do toh linein thi woh bhi aapne kaat di (You chopped out the two lines I had). He started abusing me and gave maa behen ki gaali (filthy abuses) in front of everyone… Vinod Khanna, Juhi (Chawla). And I started crying because sabke saamne (in front of everyone) he abused me.”

She added, “Ab aisa nahi hota mujhe aisa lagta hai. Ya hota hoga bas meri position aisi nahi hai (I think this doesn't happen anymore. Or maybe it still does and it is just me who doesn't have to deal with it anymore).”

Neena had the lead role in the 2005 TV show Saans and later in Badhaai Ho in 2018. She is married to Vivek Mehra and has a daughter--Masaba Gupta--with former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards.

Masaba remembers mom’s struggles

Masaba, who is also an actor and a successful designer, also spoke about her mother’s struggles at an event. "Mom has told me that when she accepted a role in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, everyone told her, 'If you do this role of this funny girl, you will never be a lead actress’. And it was true! She got her first lead role at the age of 60 in Badhaai Ho!”

Neena was last seen in Vadh with Sanjay Mishra and then in Uunchai with Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parineeti Chopra, Sarika and others.

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