Meenakshi Seshadri had to be stretchered off set after shooting in freezing temperatures, reveals hero was given two layers of clothing

Meenakshi Seshadri shared the challenges she faced during her career, and recalled shooting with 104-degree temperature and being carried off set on a stretcher.

Meenakshi Seshadri will soon make a comeback to the big screen. (Photo: Meenakshi/Instagram)

Actor Meenakshi Seshadri, who dominated Bollywood in the ’80s and ’90s with hits such as Shahenshah, Hero, Damini, and Toofan, among others, ended her acting career with the 1997 film Do Rahain, and moved to the US. On Hero’s 40th anniversary, she opened up about the challenging environment on set, and revealed that she filmed certain sequences while battling a high fever.

In an interview with News18 Showsha, the actor said, “I was under this cold waterfall in Ooty with 104° temperature, shooting a song where they show the heroine out in this beautiful valley. I don’t know how I did it, because I was in bad shape, and Subhash Ghai could not give me more than two days of leave for my sickness. The third day he had to shoot. We were on a schedule which had to be met.”

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The actor recalled a similar incident when she was shooting her first film opposite Rajiv Goswami. Seshadri said that she fainted after rolling in snow too many times and revealed that she had to be carried on a stretcher.

The actor said, “I think the very first film, Painter Babu, we were shooting in Shimla in the snow. I was dressed like Dimple Kapadia in Bobby in like shorts and a choli and the hero was in his two layers of sweaters and hat and gloves. I had to roll down this snowy slope. There were so many retakes that at the end of it I fainted. I actually lost consciousness because my body had become so numb and everybody got so scared.”

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Seshadri has returned to India after 27 years and is set to make her comeback to the big screen. She announced her comeback during a special appearance on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

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