When Mansoor Khan asked Priya Gill to hit Shah Rukh Khan ‘with force’: ‘It was most embarrassing part of my career, entire set was silent’

Gill went on to describe the moment in detail: “I had to slap him, in the song, at the beginning of the song. We were doing this repeated, repeated thing in Goa. And Mansoor kept telling me, ‘Priya, it’s not coming with the kind of force that the girl is mad at him.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, okay,’ and I kept trying, you know. And Shah Rukh said, ‘You hit me… hit me.’ And Mansoor said, ‘Hit him, hit him,’ you know? I had to punch him. . I couldn’t help it. Oh my gosh, I’ll never forget that.”

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She added, “I think there was complete silence. Everybody just… the camera kept rolling. I think the director forgot to say cut because of the reaction. I remember KV the cameraman telling me, ‘Girls are going to hate you because you hit Shah Rukh.’ I think he was really sweet about it because after, he was explaining to me how it should be done right, and I didn’t know what to say. After that, the song starts. So imagine how much tension I felt, and how cool he was about the whole thing.”

Priya Gill also recalled being a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan and described working with him as a blessing. She said, “I don’t know whether you know, but I’m like a… I won’t just say I’m a die-hard fan, because fans are only related to the acting side. I’ve always liked Shah Rukh. When I was studying, I used to watch him on television. He used to come in the serials, and then he became a huge star. But you know, you never think that one day you’re going to be with this guy. And I was totally in awe of him.” She continued, “And I was like, suppose I do something wrong, and he’s such a huge star, what’s he going to do? What’s he going to say? And you have all these doubts coming in. But he was so sweet to us.”