Meenakshi Seshadri recalls when she had to shoot a romantic rain song while she had diarrhea; says studios had one restroom for everyone

Meenakshi Seshadri, who appeared in popular films like Damini, Hero, Meri Jung, Ghatak in the 1980s and 1990s, recently opened up about her experience of shooting under difficult circumstances. Meenakshi shared that back in those days, there was a huge problem with regard to the restrooms on sets. She recalled that Poonam Dhillon was the first actress to have her own vanity van on a set but by that time, Meenakshi was preparing to leave the film industry.

She shared on Kabir Vani’s YouTube channel that almost 50-100 people used the same restroom on a set and there were no different washrooms for men and women. “There were some studios that just had one restroom. Almost 50-100 people were using the same restroom so there were no separate restrooms. And sanitation and cleanliness was in the pits. We would wear such fancy costumes and we would somehow carefully manage then,” she recalled.

Meenakshi was then asked about her worst experience and she recalled the time when she had to shoot a romantic rain song, while she had diarrhea. “The worst time was when one day I had diarrhea. And I was acting, I was in the shoot. And it was some romantic song and a rain sequence,” she recalled.

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Earlier, in a chat on What The Hell Navya, Jaya Bachchan recalled how female actors had to change sanitary pads behind bushes during outdoor shoots as there were no restrooms. “When we used to do outdoors, we didn’t have vans. We had to change behind the bushes,” she said and added, “There were not even enough toilets. It was awkward and embarrassing. You used 3-4 sanitary pads and you carried plastic bags to discard the pads and put them in a basket so that when you get home, you can get rid of it.”