‘Nagarjuna slapped me 15 times, I had marks on my face': Isha Koppikar recalls the star apologised to her afterwards
In a chat with Hindi Rush, Isha shared, 'I got slapped by Nagarjuna. I was a fully committed actor that I want to perform in a real, method way. So when he was slapping me, I couldn't feel it. This was my second film, so I told him 'Nag, you really slap me.' He said, 'Are you sure? No, I can't.' I said, 'I want that feeling. I am not feeling it right now.' So he slapped me, but softly.'
Isha Koppikar said that at that time, she couldn't really express her anger in front of the camera and here, the camera couldn't catch her expression, so they kept asking her to do take after take. 'In an attempt to look angry, I got slapped 14 times,' she recalled.
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Isha shared that by the time she was done with the shoot, she had marks on her face, and Nagarjuna kept apologising to her. 'I literally had marks on my face. Bechara mujhe leke baitha, bola sorry (Poor guy, he apologised to me). I said, 'I asked for it, why are you saying sorry?''
Isha Koppikar is known for her roles in film like Krishna Coittahe, Pinjar, Kya Cool Hain Hum and Don. She was last seen in the Tamil film Ayalaan in 2024.
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