‘I will never play Akshay Kumar’s mother ever again in my life,’ says Shefali Shah

During the Express Adda session, held in Mumbai on Monday, Shefali Shah spoke about playing Akshay Kumar's mother on screen.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: October 31, 2023 07:36 AM IST

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Shefali Shah collaborated with Akshay Kumar in Waqt. (Photo: The Indian Express/YouTube)

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Bollywood actor Shefali Shah, who was recently nominated in the Best Actress cateogry at the 2023 International Emmy Awards, has opened up about the existence of a ‘hierarchy’ on the sets.

In conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express group, at the Express Adda on Monday in Mumbai, Shefali opened up about working with one ‘director and actor’ who were extremely offensive. The Delhi Crime actor then made a remark and said that she will never play Akshay Kumar’s mother on screen.

When Shefali was asked about the hierarchy on the sets, she said, “Honestly I will tell you, I have had the pleasure of working with incredible people and I am not saying it because it is politically correct. I mean it. I had probably worked with one director or one actor, who were extremely offensive. Besides that, I have worked with directors who think actors are not just actors, they are collaborators.”

Shefali then laughed and said, “I promise I will never play Akshay Kumar’s mother ever again in my life.”

In the 2005 movie Waqt: The Race Against Time, Shefali Shah played the mother of Akshay Kumar, even though she was five years younger than him. Back then, Shefali was 32 years old, while Akshay was 37. The film also starred Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra.

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