Exclusive: Krishna Mukherjee reveals Shehzada Dhami rescued her once when she was locked on the Shubh Shagun set, was told by Kundan Singh, ‘Ladki hai na…’

 

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Sharing more details about the day she was locked on sets, Krishna said, “I never said he locked me in the makeup room, it was the production people. He is just cooking up stories because he has nothing to say right now. Also by mistake Aly said that I was shooting in Madh. I used to shoot in Famous Studios in Goregaon and this all happened there. I have a lot of people who can come ahead and speak on this. I have even registered the FIR there. I don’t have to lie about anything.”

The actor added, “Kundan is a very smart guy. He fooled us by saying beta beta, but I realized this in October itself when I filed that FIR that this money will not come. His behaviour had changed, the way he used to look at me was very different. Even Swati Thanawala from the production house had emailed me that she would take responsibility and that I should resume shooting. She made sure that those two people who locked me in the room, Prabhat and Sameer Qazi, did not come back on our sets again. Prabhat was the EP of the show, and Sameer was the HOP of the show. When they locked me, they said that Kundan had done this on a Balaji set once when he was the EP or HOP, but it is impossible for him to do something like this on a Balaji set. The atmosphere was really bad, every time we had to fight for our pay cheques. We were made to dub on the assurance that we will be paid. The dubbing for the channel was already done. They made us dub again for YouTube. Safety issues were, of course, there. Another girl who was there on set, Srushti Tare. It was her first day when they locked me and they made her sign the contract because she saw the environment and didn’t want to shoot. But they did not let her go until she signed the contract.”

 

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Continuing her story, Krishna Mukherjee shared that she was was locked up on set twice and Kundan Singh even told her something very sexist. She said, “When they locked me, Pearl Grey’s assistant Asma held my hand and said I will not shoot, but they said, ‘Aise kaise shoot nahi karegi, kapde badal aur shoot kar. Yeh yahan se jaaegi nahi. (How will she not shoot? Change your clothes and shoot, else you won’t go from here).’ But Asma took me down, and I was so scared because they kept chasing me. That time I didn’t know that Kundan’s room was just below me. He was there and knew everything. He was the one who told them to do this. They locked me twice, once Shezada Dhami opened the door for me. The second time when Asma rescued me, they threatened me saying that they would see how my car left the premises. They are like proper gundas (goons). They were banging my door so hard, I had called the cops. The girl who helped me change took me to the washroom. When I returned and tried to open the door, he had locked me already. I had already worked for 12 hours and didn’t want to work extra because I was not paid. Shehzada had packed up by then, and he was equally pissed because he was not getting paid. I was getting married so I told Kundan that I needed the money. That night when I left, Shehzada was coming from the stairs, that time, Kundan, Sameer, and Prabhat all three were standing there and Kundan told me, ‘Ladki hai na, isliye yeh sab kar rahi hai aur bach gayi. (Just because you are a girl you are doing this and getting away with it).'”

“Kundan has a habit of intimidating you. Once I had a problem on set, so he called us separately in the vanity. There was an issue between me and Shehzada. I remember he had switched off the lights of the vanity and just kept a bulb on. He was wearing his glasses and it was very weird how could you do a meeting like that. That day I felt there was something wrong with this guy,” the actor added.

 

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Krishna Mukherjee also said that they had approached CINTAA, but didn’t get any help. She shared, “We approached CINTAA. We would go there every second day and had meetings, but in the end, we were told that they couldn’t do anything about it. They called Kundan so many times but he never came. CINTAA should make strict rules now when it comes to actors’ payments, we have worked so hard. The mental torture on set was very bad. They were very rude on set, especially the EP Prabhat who was there for a month only. Things were fine before that. I have co-operated in other shows also when there were issues, but here it was different. That Prabhat was so rude, even that HOP would fight with everybody. He didn’t know how to talk.”

The actor revealed she battled depression due to this incident. “I am still dealing with anxiety. I have been falling sick. I am a little bit scared also. I am in constant touch with my therapist and doctors, it has been really hard for me. When someone threatens you and that person has good political backing, then you are scared not just for yourself but your family also. It took me a lot of courage to speak about it because it was getting too much. It was making me crazy, it is not a small amount. I am owed Rs 39 lakhs and not just me, the whole cast has not been paid yet.”

Lastly, Krishna shared that they reached out to the channel for help, but were treated quite rudely. In fact, her number was blocked by the concerned person.