'Badhaai Ho' Actor Neena Gupta Called Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar Cheap and Mean For This Hilarious Reason!
Neena Gupta discussed this 'quissa' quite candidly in her recent interview that raised our eyebrows!
We love Neena Gupta. We always have! Even before she became the sensation and the current toast of Bollywood post Badhaai Ho success, we have always admired Gupta for the extensive work she has done in the TV industry. Both as an actor as indeed a director, Gupta was fabulous in 'Saans'. We always believed that if a certain Shabana Azmi (or Smita Patil for that matter) had not been around, Gupta would have been the face of the parallel or the art house cinema in India.
The 60 year old is known for the bold choices she made by being a single mother, giving birth to daughter Masaba out of wedlock. That was quite a radical choice in the times it was made. Even as a performer, she kept her integrity, her dignity as indeed her innocence intact. Naturally, when it comes to anything latest on Neena, we simply sit up and take notice. Masaba Gupta Exclusive Interview: On Making Bold Choices In Life!
In her recent interview with senior journalist Rajeev Masand, the actress narrated a 'quissa' that made us giggle endlessly. It is as hilarious as it is amusing. Even before beginning to talk about the anecdote, Gupta called Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar mean and cheap. She simply got us more curious by using those invective for one of the most celebrated Bollywood celebs.
Neena went on to explain that she had requested both SRK and KJo that the two should, for the lack of a better word, discourage Neena's daughter Masaba from taking up acting as a profession (for the hardship and uncertainties actors face in Bollywood). Gupta also maintained that while her daughter Masaba (from the celebrated West Indies cricketer Si Vivian Richards) is not conventionally good looking she is talented and is beautiful in her own way. Neena Gupta in Badhaai Ho to Amitabh Bachchan in TOH & Other Senior Actors in 2018 Proved Age Is No Bar for Talent
Masaba, back in the day, was also confused about her career choices as she was trying her hand at singing, writing and even designing. So her concerned mother requested SRK and Johar to call up Masaba to warn her against the profession of acting in India.
It is needless to mention that neither SRK or Karan bothered to call up Masaba (why would they discourage a young girl from following her instinct when her mother herself is an actor? That must be the thought process behind SRK and KJo's reluctance to follow the orders that came from Neena, we assume). Their 'un'doing made Neena upset and even today she calls them mean and cheap, albeit in a joking way!
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