Krishna Mukherjee was Threatened
Actress Krishna Mukherjee has been making waves in the news lately. She recently opened up about the challenges she faced while working on Dangal TV’s show ‘Shubh Shagun’. Krishna Mukherjee bravely spoke out against the show’s producer Kundan Singh, accusing him of mistreating the cast and crew and withholding payment. In a recent interview, Krishna Mukherjee shed light on the difficult experiences she and her fellow actors endured on set. She even shared an incident where Kundan Singh had locked another actor on the Balaji sets.
Krishna Spoke about the Matter in an Interview, Not Kundan Singh but Staff
Krishna Mukherjee shared with Indian Express during an interview that Kundan Singh was not the one who locked him into the make-up look, but it was actually the production staff who did it. Krishna emphasized that there is no reason for her to lie and that there are several people who can vouch for her. Additionally, she mentioned considering filing a complaint regarding this matter.
The actress said, “I never said that Kundan Singh had locked me in the makeup room, he was a production person. He is just making up stories because he has nothing to say right now. Also by mistake Ali said that I was shooting in mud. I used to shoot in the famous studio of Goregaon and all this happened there. I have a lot of people who can come forward and speak on this. I have also lodged an FIR there. I don’t need to lie about anything.”
Krishna said, “He kept fooling us”
Krishna Mukherjee said that initially Kundan seemed nice, but when he filed a complaint in October, he started getting suspicious. His attitude changed and he started avoiding looking at her. The actress said, “Kundan is very smart. He kept fooling us by calling us sons and sons, but I realized in October, when I lodged an FIR for not receiving the money. His behaviour changed. The way he was looking at me now had changed.”
Krishna said, “They locked me in a room”
He further added, “Even Swati Thanawala from the production house had emailed me that she would take the responsibility and I should resume shooting. He ensured that the two people who locked me in the room (Prabhat and Sameer Kazi) did not come back to our set. Prabhat was the EP of the show and Sameer was the HOP of the show. When he shut me down, he said that Kundan had done this once on Balaji sets when he was an EP or HOP, but it is impossible for him to do something like this on Balaji set. The environment was really bad, every time we had to fight for our pay cheque.”
Krishna was locked Twice on the sets
Krishna Mukherjee further said that she was locked twice on the set and Kundan had also made lewd comments on her. The actress told, “When they locked me, Pearl Grey’s assistant Asma held my hand. When I said that I will not shoot, she told me, ‘How can you not shoot like this? Change your clothes and shoot.’ It will not go from here. Asma took me down. I was scared because they were following me.”
“Shehzada Dhami opened the door for me” said Krishna
She further said, “At that time I did not know that Kundan did not have a room. He was there and knew everything. He was the one who asked those people to do this. They locked me twice, once Shehzada Dhami opened the door of the room for me. When Asma saved me the second time, she threatened me that let’s see how your car leaves the premises. Those people are goons. He was banging my door loudly. I had to call the police.”
“She is a girl, that’s why she is doing all this and is getting saved”
Krishna Mukherjee said, “The girl who helped me change my clothes took me to the washroom. When I returned and tried to open the door, they had already locked me. I had already worked 12 hours a day and did not want to do extra work because I was not paid. Shehzada had packed his things by then, and he was equally angry because he too was not getting the money. I was getting married so I told Kundan that I needed money. When I left that night, Shehzada was coming down the stairs. At that time, Kundan, Sameer and Prabhat were standing there. Then Kundan told me, ‘She is a girl, that’s why she is doing all this and getting saved.’”
-Vriti Parekh