Actress Naveena Bole has been replaced by Shabaana Mullani in Rajan Shahi's Sapna Babul Ka Bidaai. Naveena who was playing Dolly in the serial was shown the door because of her unprofessional attitude. Our sources tell us that she was doing another serial without even informing the production house. It is reported that she used to come in late and then offer lame excuses.

Naveena Bole

We caught up with the actress for her version. Naveena says, "It was through my coordinator Umesh that I came to know of the auditions for Bidaai. But even before this I had already committed for Contiloe's Bhaago KK Aaya. I told Umesh to inform the production house about my commitment to Bhaago KK Aaya which he didn't bother to."

She adds, "The problem was I had never contacted Mr. Rajan directly. I told Umesh that two shows in hand would land me up with date issues. But as per his advice I kept shooting day and night for Bidaai. I used to sleep for hardly one or two hours. In fact one day I collapsed on the sets of Bhaago."

The actress got to know of her replacement from her sources. Naveena says, "What really dismayed me was that I got to know about the replacement from my sources. The production house didn't bother to inform me directly. As a matter of principle I had to do Bhaago.. even though it is a weekly."

Shabaana Mullani

Producer Rajan Shahi on the other hand argues that the actress did not inform him about her other project. Rajan says, "I asked her if she was doing any other show to which she denied. But later she started reporting late for hours as a result of shooting for the other serial. She started throwing tantrums on the sets which troubled everyone. The channel was not happy with her acting but still we worked on her."

He adds, "The Bidaai team is like one family and so far there has been no problem from any actor. This is the first replacement happening in the serial almost after 80 episodes which we really couldn't avoid. She took us for a ride."

On her grievance that she was not informed directly the director says, "Who would want to talk to an unethical person? We informed her coordinator about the replacement. We gave her a second chance after she sent me her apology but things didn't change."

Well Naveena's loss is Shabaana's gain.