Madhuri Dixit cried profusely when asked to do a molestation scene with Ranjeet in Prem Pratigya, refused to shoot it: ‘I never used any force..’

Ranjeet said that he wasn't aware of Madhuri Dixit crying about the molestation scene and said that he kept waiting for her to come to the set.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | April 4, 2024 11:06 AM IST

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Madhuri Dixit refused a scene with Ranjeet. (Photo: Shemaroo/YouTube)

Actor Ranjeet, best known for playing villainous roles in films, said that Madhuri Dixit nearly refused to shoot the molestation scene from the film Prem Pratigya. Ranjeet said that Madhuri started crying and added that he was unaware of the whole situation.

In an interview with ANI, Ranjeet said, “She (Madhuri Dixit) started crying and refused to do the scene. I was unaware of the situation… some art director had told me. There was a Bengali art director. Our director was Bapu, he was from South. I used to have fun on the sets, like when I would tell my co-stars, ‘darling thoda udhar muh karo mai change kar leta hu (face the other side, I’ll change)’. I was not even used to going to the makeup room. Very normal and all that. I was accepted like that; otherwise, they would say I’m fake.”

Ranjeet said that the molestation scene was supposed to happen on a handcart and he kept waiting for Madhuri. He said, “The crying continued, I had to go to another shoot and I told them to call her. But no one told me that Madhuri is not agreeing. Ultimately, she agreed. Veeru Devgan was the fight master. He said that we will keep rolling the camera: ‘beech mein camera cut nahi hona chahiye (the scene shouldn’t be cut in between)’. Molestation is a part of our job. The villain is not bad. All my heroines were very fond of me because I never used any force.”

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The veteran actor explained that the scenes are carefully planned and clarified they didn’t draw from real-life events for the scenes. Ranjeet also mentioned he would often direct his co-stars to pull his hair and scratch his face to improve the scene, and they were okay with it.

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