{"id":16967,"date":"2025-10-02T07:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/this-bollywood-actress-was-slapped-by-movie-director-in-front-of-the-entire-crew\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:52:36","slug":"this-bollywood-actress-was-slapped-by-movie-director-in-front-of-the-entire-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/this-bollywood-actress-was-slapped-by-movie-director-in-front-of-the-entire-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"This Bollywood Actress Was Slapped By Movie Director In Front Of The Entire Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-1\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388014_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-1-2025-10-6d1fa9ccb89b2d8b2bfdd807a12209b5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Tanuja, a well-known actress in Hindi cinema, spoke about an incident involving a director.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-2\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388015_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-3-2025-10-8867554e6e8a6d781a237826844832a5-16x9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> She first appeared as a child artist in the 1950 film \u201cHamari Beti,\u201d directed by her mother Shobana Samarth. She came from a movie background family.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-3\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388018_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-5-2025-10-f56674c22feba4fdb2fcc991044407be.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> She gained major recognition as an actress in 1960 with the film &#8220;Sabili&#8221;, directed by her mother.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-4\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388019_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-7-2025-10-e371c7051579d13f61310295cbd2bea2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Tanuja rose to fame in the 60s and 70s as a much-loved actress. Her films with popular actors like Dev Anand, Dharmendra and Raj Kapoor were appreciated. Her simple looks and natural acting skills made her a favorite among the fans of that time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-5\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388021_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-2-2025-10-8e9dd873627c9abb67d846cff4cf8b04.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Films like &#8220;Jewel Thief&#8221; in 1967 and &#8220;Haathi Mere Saathi&#8221; in 1971 cemented her star status.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-6\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388023_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-8-2025-10-3c5313957d6a74784738c6e7c9624219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> In particular, the film &#8216;Haathi Mere Saathi&#8217; brought huge success to the producers overnight, and the songs from the film were also a huge hit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-7\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388025_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-6-2025-10-149caec5c09b20bd8a1d9dd706827cee-16x9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> In particular, the film &#8216;Haathi Mere Saathi&#8217; brought huge success to the producers overnight, and the songs from the film were also a huge hit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-8\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388028_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-9-2025-10-fd0ee7d73bbaa6839bb7b748c20414ce.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> A turning point in Tanuja&#8217;s life occurred during the shooting of the 1961 film &#8220;Hamari Yaad Aayegi&#8221;, which helped her understand the seriousness of acting in the film industry. The film&#8217;s director, Kedar Sharma, asked Tanuja to cry in a scene.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-9\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388029_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-4-2025-10-7aca6b0252c90bb1fedcf912b2bdcbca-16x9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> However, despite the director&#8217;s instructions, Tanuja could not control her laughter during the scene and kept on laughing. Kedar Sharma, enraged by this, slapped Tanuja in front of the crew on the set. A distraught Tanuja went home and told her mother Shobana what had happened. When Shobana Samarth heard this, she slapped Tanuja back and immediately took her to the set. &#8220;Let&#8217;s continue the shoot now, she has cried,&#8221; she told Kedar Sharma.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-10\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388032_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-10-2025-10-82ce0cc21c9f11b87617e04efa412905.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> After the shoot, Shobana explained to Tanuja that acting should be taken very seriously and that joking or laughing during work hours was inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-11\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388033_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-11-2025-10-6763ee43dab6cd86ed082b5e0738e6b0-16x9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> After this incident, Tanuja understood her mother&#8217;s point and never took acting lightly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-12\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759388036_WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-01-at-8.56.33-PM-2025-10-22932a2cd686288232970180cad720fd.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> This turning point helped her stay committed to his career.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/photogallery\/entertainment\/this-bollywood-actress-was-slapped-by-the-director-in-front-of-the-entire-film-crew-skn-ws-l-9609808.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanuja, a well-known actress in Hindi cinema, spoke about an incident involving a director. She first appeared as a child artist in the 1950 film \u201cHamari Beti,\u201d directed by her mother Shobana Samarth. She came from a movie background family. She gained major recognition as an actress in 1960 with the film &#8220;Sabili&#8221;, directed by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}