Heeramandi director Sanjay Leela Bhansali reveals Richi Chadha was ‘actually crying’ when he could not get a shot

MUMBAI : Richa Chadha is one of the most talented and sought after actresses of the HIndi film industry. The actress who was recently seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi wowed viewers with her performance.

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Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has now opened up about Richa shooting for the song Masoom Dil Hai Mera. SLB said, “That was a special moment. But unka baith nahi raha tha (Her performance wasn’t landing). She was trying, but I wasn’t getting what I wanted.” He further said, “After a point, I got a little upset. I said, ‘You’ve rehearsed it, but it’s still not falling in place, you’re not getting the state of mind’. I got a little angry, and she became upset as well.”

Bhansali further added, “The anger on her face was so special. That moment was a result of what I said to her and what she said to me. In all the songs I’ve shot, big numbers, this is one of the rare moments of the actor feeling the humiliation of the scene that she went through rather than feeling the humiliation of me getting angry and saying, ‘How many takes will you want?’ The anger was from both sides, but you need to be in that state of mind. Another actor might have stormed off the set in anger, but Richa and I both understood that the shot is more important, the song is more important, the scene is more important, the series is more important than either of us.”

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After Richa’s shot, everyone applauded her performance. He said, “I went and hugged her, and we forgot about all that had happened before the shot. But sometimes, you have to arrive at that moment. An actor has to be ready to arrive at that moment. A director has to wait and bring the actor to that moment. If you are taking too many takes, and I scold you, then you will feel the humiliation that the character was meant to show. When I was watching it, I thought, ‘She’s actually crying’. She held on to every beat. Till the last moment, she didn’t let go of that anger and frustration.”

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