Reena Roy tried to mend differences between Shatrughan Sinha and Asha Parekh after he made ‘derogatory’ comments in the press

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When Arbaaz asked if Reena Roy tried to mediate tensions between them, she said, “Yes, but I did not (listen).” According to reports, Shatrughan Sinha and Asha Parekh’s cold war began on the sets of their film Sajan, and they didn’t speak to each other while filming Heera as well. Years later, she said, it was Shatrughan Sinha who recommended her name for the CBFC chairperson’s post, and then made sure to attend the launch of her book, The Hit Girl. “By that time, things had cooled down,” she said.

Shatrughan Sinha was recently in the news for the drama around his daughter Sonakshi Sinha’s wedding with Zaheer Iqbal. It seemed for some days that he wasn’t pleased with the union, after he spoke publicly about younger people not seeking their family’s approval before getting married. He later expressed his support for the couple, even as one of his sons, Luv, publicly declared that he didn’t attend the wedding festivities in protest. Asha Parekh was conferred with India’s highest honour in the field of cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, at the 68th National Film Awards.