| If
sources are to be believed then all is not well on the sets of Ghar Ki Lakshmi
Betiyaan and the reason is none other than assistant director Raj. A source
from the production house says that the director Prasad trusts his assistant director blindly who misguides him a lot.
Our
source says, “It was only recently when Tanushree
Kaushal aka Maineka had to apologise to Prasad, when he was misinformed
by his assistant director. At times, Raj doesn’t inform some actors
of the call-time which eventually results in delays and chaos, but tells Prasad
that he has informed them. Now since Prasad trusts him blindly he doesn’t pay
heed to actors who have a different story to tell.”
“The latest
victim is Nupur
Alankar aka Halki Bua who was made to apologise and touch Prasad’s
feet when he threatened to call off the shooting. It so happened that out of curiosity
Nupur questioned Raj as to why didn’t he shoot the scene that required her when
she was there on the sets a day back. It didn’t go down well with him and he asked
Nupur to mind her own business,” adds our source.
Another source
adds, “There were junior artists present on the sets and the manner in which Raj
spoke to Nupur was humiliating. But Nupur just shrugged off the whole matter and
resumed shooting. It was when she asked Raj to move aside that the worst happened.
He bluntly told her that he is not going to move. It was then that Prasad interrupted
and asked Nupur to go to her make-up room and announced break..”
“Nupur
went to apologise Prasad who then made her touch his feet which she did. Nupur,
then started trembling and as a result suffered from acute anxiety attack. She
is recuperating and is not reporting at shoots from past three days,” concludes
our source present in the make-up room.
When contacted, Nupur’s
mother responded and said, “We don’t want to comment on anything. Nupur is not
well, she is under acute depression.”
Dheeraj Kumar, Creative Eye
and producer of the show, says, “I have no idea. I would not have such in-depth
knowledge about the team-members as I don’t go to the sets everyday. In fact it
was on May 9 when they all had come to my son’s birthday party, where they looked
very comfortable in each other’s company.” But the drama as per
our source enfolded only on May 11. And post this humiliation Nupur does not wish
to continue with the show adds our source.
| By
Neha Maheshwri |
Posted
on 14 May 2008 7:00 pm | | | |