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This Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan co-star was divorced twice, said B-grade films destroyed her career: 'I chose the wrong movies and...'
She added, 'I made a lot of wrong film choices at that time. My grandfather used to say that no work is small or big, work is work. I think I took that too seriously.' read more
Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan's co-star from Koyla and Partner Deepshikha Nagpal has revealed in an interview how doing B-Grade films had an impact on her career.
The actress said, 'During that time, it used to be like if it's a new production, then it's a B-grade film, like Yash Raj and Subhash Ghai films were like A-list films. So it was difficult to understand how to choose. There was no godfather, and now I feel a godfather is very important to guide you.'
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She added, 'I made a lot of wrong film choices at that time. My grandfather used to say that no work is small or big, work is work. I think I took that too seriously, and I kept doing whatever work came my way. I did a lot of stupid films which never released.'
Nagpal added, 'Some of the releases had a very bad impact on my career. I had signed a lot of big films, but after my poster in the Trade Guide, people used to judge that it's a B-grade movie she is doing, and they didn't cast me. Then I got to know that the damage is done. I said, 'Can we just forget about it?' They said, 'No, it will impact our film. ''
'Then I started doing television shows. I was doing wrong films, people were not trusting me and categorising me that I cannot be an A-lister. So then I got frustrated. It was new then—Doordarshan, Zee TV—and roles were coming to me easily. Even after doing films, I was one of the few who took TV, and it helped me establish myself again,' the actress continued.
She was married to Jeet Upendra, and they separated in 2007. She then married Kaishav Arora in 2012 and got divorced in 2016.
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