When Priya Gill said the most embarrassing thing about her film career was slapping Shah Rukh Khan: 'I was totally in awe of him'

Time of India

4 days ago

Remember that girl from 'Sirf Tum' and 'Josh'?
Priya Gill
won hearts with her portrayal in these movies, wasn't seen more in Hindi cinema. The actress played
Shah Rukh Khan
's love interest in 'Josh' and in an old interview, she had said that slapping the actor for a shot was the most embarassing part of her career. 'Josh' made by Mansoor Khan starred
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
as Shah Rukh Khan's twin and it was a brother-sister story.
It also stars Chandrachur Singh.
In a throwback interview with Lehren, Priya had said, "I'll tell you, the most embarrassing thing I did in my entire film career was when I slapped Shah Rukh."
Further explaining the shot, where she had to slap him in the song, 'Apun Bola', she said, "I had to slap him, in the song, at the beginning of the song. We were doing this repeated, repeated thing in Goa. And Mansoor kept telling me, 'Priya, it's not coming with the kind of force that the girl is mad at him.'
And I was like, 'Yeah, okay,' and I kept trying, you know. And Shah Rukh said, 'You hit me… hit me.' And Mansoor said, 'Hit him, hit him,' you know? I had to punch him.
. I couldn't help it. Oh my gosh, I'll never forget that.'
She further revealed that she was a huge fan of the actor. "I don't know whether you know, but I'm like a… I won't just say I'm a die-hard fan, because fans are only related to the acting side. I've always liked Shah Rukh.
When I was studying, I used to watch him on television. He used to come in the serials, and then he became a huge star. But you know, you never think that one day you're going to be with this guy. And I was totally in awe of him.
' She continued, 'And I was like, suppose I do something wrong, and he's such a huge star, what's he going to do? What's he going to say? And you have all these doubts coming in. But he was so sweet to us.'
Explaining how the set was when she slapped him, Priya said further, "I think there was complete silence. Everybody just… the camera kept rolling. I think the director forgot to say cut because of the reaction. I remember KV the cameraman telling me, 'Girls are going to hate you because you hit Shah Rukh.' I think he was really sweet about it because after, he was explaining to me how it should be done right, and I didn't know what to say.
After that, the song starts. So imagine how much tension I felt, and how cool he was about the whole thing.'
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