Tanushree Dutta Says Vivek Agnihotri Didn't Allow Her to Wear a Robe on Set: 'Short Skirt Mein Mujhe...'

Actress Tanushree Dutta once shared her harrowing experience working with The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri, and the throwback video is now going viral on Reddit. In the interview, she revealed that despite wearing short clothes on set, she was not allowed to sit in the van. She was also yelled at for being just five minutes late to the shoot and had to endure waiting all day without getting a single shot.

Opening up on her experience to Faridoon Shahryar, Tanushree, who has worked with Vivek in Chocolate (2005), said, “Ek din, jab main set par paanch minute der se pahunchi, to usne mujh par chillaya aur mujhe unprofessional kaha. Kabhi kabhi main set pe aati thi, jab lights bhi nahi lagi hoti thi, kuch set tayaar hi nahi hota tha, matlab jo set-up hota hai na, kuch bhi tayaar nahi hota. Lekin ek din main thoda late aayi, paanch minute, exactly five minutes, aur woh set pe tha sirf yeh dekhne ke liye ki main aayi hoon ya nahi (One day, when I arrived on set five minutes late, he yelled at me and called me unprofessional. Sometimes, I would come to the set when the lights weren’t even on and nothing was prepared, meaning the setup was completely unready. But on that particular day, I was exactly five minutes late, and he was on set just to see whether I had arrived or not).”

Tanushree also opened up on how the filmmaker made her uncomfortable on sets. He allegedly debarred her from resting in the van or cover herself up with a robe. “Artists are supposed to rest in the van when they are not shooting. Especially, agar apne mujhe is tarah ke kapde diye hain – jo short kapde waghera hote hain. Main kabhi robe bhi pehn ke baithti thi to bolta tha ‘Nahi, abhi shot aane wala hai to isko utaaro’. Woh short skirt mein mujhe poori unit ke saamne bitha ke rakhta tha (Artists are supposed to rest in the van when they’re not shooting. Especially if you’ve given me clothes like these—short clothes and so on. Even when I sat in a robe, he would say, ‘No, there’s a shot coming up, so take it off.’ He would make me sit in those short clothes in front of the entire unit).”