Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai producer Rajan Shahi answers if he has a no-dating clause on set: ‘I will change my name if you…’

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Rajan Shahi further added, “The most stupid person can think of a clause like this. Actors cannot date or fall in love with each other is that even a rule? Is there a dictatorship going on? On my set people have fallen in love, even on Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actors have gotten married, Lata Sabharwal and Sanjeev Seth, and even Dheeraj Dhoopar and Vinny Arora met on my sets. My company and I strongly believe that falling in love is very natural, I will be the first one to congratulate if anyone falls in love on my sets. The only thing is that once you step out of the set, your personal life begins, what you want to do then is up to you, just that your work shouldn’t get affected.”

In continuation, Rajan also said, “I will change my name if you show me this clause even in one of my contracts. Being professional doesn’t mean you cannot be in a relationship, you just need to make sure that the unit is not affected by the phase you are going through on the personal front.”

The Anupamaa producer also commented on terminating Shehzada and revealed that a lot of people had warned him about Shehzada’s behavior when he was cast. Rajan Shahi recalled the first time he saw Shehzada misbehave and shared, “There was an incident on an outdoor shoot where that actor misbehaved with the unit and I did not like that attitude. That night I sat with all the actors and explained to them for three hours. I had even spoken to the channel that night and they told me to replace him right there, that attitude looked wrong right from the start. But the next day it looked okay, however over time it kept changing. On my set, even the senior actors keep so much humility. With him there was a star attitude, you cannot demand respect, you have to command it.”

 

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Rajan Shahi also added, “I gave him a lot of margin, but there came a point where I understood that it was a defect that wouldn’t change. Everybody on the set was hassled just because one man thought that because he was the lead he could control the set, but that doesn’t happen on Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.”

For those who don’t know, Shehzada Dhami had given the entire unit a tough time, even his co-stars on the sets had issues with his attitude.