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Savouring her pound of flesh - Rajeev Masand
Courtesy: open magazine
I’d already reported in this space some months ago the case of an actress who’s been feeling cheated by her director. Roped in to appear in his film in exchange for a fat fee, the red-hot star discovered that the director had only intended to use her as a prop, having given chunkier roles to two starlets whom he’d also cast in the movie.
Now it turns out that the actress may be getting her revenge on the arrogant filmmaker. Turns out he’s been badgering her to promote the movie. Reportedly, his leading man is too busy shooting other projects and the media has little interest in the two starlets. So it’s left to the actress to salvage the film’s publicity. But she won’t give in so easily, she’s told her friends. She wants him to grovel.
Among other things, the actress was horrified that she barely features in the film’s trailer, although she’s a bigger marquee draw than the two starlets. She’s also complained that she isn’t looking her best in the movie because the director banned her hair and make-up staff from checking the video monitors routinely so they could give her touch-ups whenever needed. In fact, she has alleged that none of the cast except for one of the two starlets— a South Indian import who the filmmaker is apparently seeing—was allowed access to the video monitors. This favouritism led to many a misgiving and often resulted in heated arguments.
Of course, the actress does intend to relent eventually. Right now, though, she’s just enjoying the filmmaker’s desperation.
