Madhuri Dixit Cried, Refused To Do Molestation Scene In 'Prem Granth': Veteran Bollywood Actor

Veteran actor Ranjeet has opened up on an incident that occurred in 1996 movie 'Prem Granth' which starred Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit.

In an interview with ANI, he revealed that Madhuri Dixit was reluctant to do a molestation scene. He claimed that the actress had not turned up on the sets and nobody had informed him why there was a delay in the shoot.

"She (Madhuri) started crying and refused to do the scene. I was unaware of the situation... some art director had told me. There was a Bengali art director. Our director was Bapu, he was from South. I used to have fun on the sets, like when I would tell my co-stars, 'darling thoda udhar muh karo mai change kar leta hu (face the other side, I'll change)'. I was not even used to going to the makeup room. Very normal and all that I was accepted like that; otherwise, they would say I'm fake," ANI quoted the actor as saying.

Explaining further, Ranjeet said that finally she agreed to do the sequence. "Then, what happened, there was a handcart. Madhuri 's father in the movie was poor and used to pull a handcart. The molestation scene was on the handcart. I was waiting for her but nobody told me what was happening. Ultimately, she agreed."

He said that Veeru Devgan, father of actor Ajay Devgn, was the stunt choreographer. "He said that we will keep rolling the camera: 'beech mein camera cut nahi hona chahiye (the scene shouldn't be cut in between)'...Molestation is a part of our job. The villain is not bad. With every heroine, it was compulsory," he added.

Known for his villain roles, Ranjeet has worked in movies such as 'Sharmeelee', 'Amar Akbar Anthony', 'Suhaag', 'Hum Se Hai Zamana', 'Bandhe Haath', and 'Namak Halaal'.

In his long career, he has worked in over 500 films. Of late, he was seen in Hindi films like 'Behen Hogi Teri', 'Housefull 2', and 'Housefull 4'.