Furious Salman Khan stormed off set, door hit an elderly crew member by accident; Sheeba Chaddha recalls thinking, ‘Baap re, is this how stars behave?’

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Asked what makes her say this, Sheeba made a sound, as if to suggest that the interviewer doesn’t know the half of it. “I remember a few incidents. This was long back. So, something happened that made Salman trip. It was a track or something. Either Salman tripped or fell, or something happened, and I remember him storming out of the set. He just stormed out of the set… He slammed the door, and there was a poor old lightman who got hit I think. But yes, he stormed off. I remember thinking, ‘Baap re, is this how stars behave?'”

Sheeba said that it was certainly an eye-opening moment, but mentioned that Salman was ‘otherwise quite nice’. As someone from a theatre background, Sheeba said that she didn’t exactly hold the film industry in high regard. Asked if witnessing Salman’s outburst changed her behaviour towards him on set, or if it impacted her performance, Sheeba said, “I can tell you that it didn’t affect my performance at all; I had to do my job with complete sincerity and honesty. I can’t be thinking about my co-actor; if I do, I will not be present in that moment.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam launched Bhansali’s career; Salman and Aishwarya were said to be in a relationship at the time. More recently, the filmmaker and actor announced a new project together, but they went their separate ways before it could get off the ground. Bhansali is currently working on Love & War, his period romance film starring Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, and Ranbir Kapoor. Salman was last seen in the film Sikandarthat failed to do well at the box office.