Shanthi Priya, who shared the screen with Akshay Kumar in the 1994 film Ikke Pe Ikka, has made some shocking allegations against the actor. In a recent interview, Shanthi talked about her ‘bad experience’ on the sets of the film and claimed how Akshay made comments regarding her skin tone. She alleged that the Ram Setu actor commented on her ‘dark knees’ in front of others which left feel humiliated.
“With Akshay, in Ikke Pe Ikka, it was the climax scene and we were shooting in a mill. I was wearing a short dress because she (her character) was a glamour girl. I was wearing a fit short dress and skin tones stockings and my knees were a little on the darker side. So, he just… He does a lot of masti (fun), that’s one thing. You do masti, but when there are a hundred hundred people then you cannot just randomly come and (say things). He asked, ‘Shanti, you got hurt on your knees?’, and I was checking and then he said ‘see how dark it is’ and everybody laughed,” Shanthi told Bollywood Thikana.
Shanthi further talked about body shaming in the 90s and claimed how directors of South films back then wanted “nice plump girls” for their movies. “In the 90’s there was no body shaming. They wanted nice plump girls, down south at least. Whenever they wanted a slim and trim girl, then they would come to Bombay and pick the girls from here and they would be the glam side, the Bombay girls did that. Otherwise, the girls were nice ‘hatta katta girls’ (healthy) down south and they (were) accepted. They would wear nice Amrapali dress, I’ve done a couple of movies, my sister (Bhanupriya) has done a lot of movies. We never had zero figure or XS or S, nothing like that,” the actress added.
Besides Ikke Pe Ikka, Shanthi Priya is also known for movies like Saugandh (1991), Phool Aur Angaar (1993) and Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana (1992) among others.
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