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Bhumika starred Amol Palekar and Smita Patil. (Photo: IMDb)
Amol Palekar and Smita Patil worked unneurotic successful Shyam Benegal’s 1977 movie Bhumika. While Bhumika is remembered for its beardown storyline and performances by its pb stars, Palekar inactive regrets slapping his co-star successful the movie without her consent. The seasoned histrion precocious recalled the incidental astatine the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025.
Sharing the incident, Palekar said, “During the making of Bhumika, we were shooting a important country but Shyam was not liking the result. He thought I was not convulsive enough. So conscionable earlier the take, helium called maine speech and said, ‘Amol, slap her.’ I agreed to it and said that I volition rehearse it with Smita. But Shyam denied. He asked maine to slap her without telling her. I straightaway refused to bash it, but past helium said that it was an order.”
He added, “The full shooting process started. I was confused, scared, and I didn’t cognize whether I should slap Smita without telling her arsenic it was against my grain. Smita started performing brilliantly arsenic she ever did, and astatine 1 point, I conscionable held her manus and gave her a choky slap.”
Amol Palekar said the abrupt slap near Smita Patil successful daze but arsenic Shyam was yet to accidental ‘cut’, they kept connected performing.
He said, “The look connected her look was that of disbelief. She couldn’t judge I would bash thing similar that. Along with disbelief, it was besides the choler and humiliation connected her face, but some of america being bully actors, we kept connected performing arsenic Shyam had inactive not said ‘Cut!’ As soon arsenic the changeable was over, I went to her and apologised profusely. I started crying. I told her wherefore I did what I did, and she hugged maine and cried too.”
During the aforesaid conversation, Amol Palekar said helium wouldn’t bash the aforesaid happening if helium was enactment successful the aforesaid dilemma today. “If it was today, I would not person done it. And it’s not conscionable due to the fact that of the theatre discipline, but besides due to the fact that I bash not judge successful raising my dependable and manus connected a woman,” said the actor.
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Bhumika besides starred actors Naseeruddin Shah, and Amrish Puri successful pivotal roles. The movie was inspired by Sangtye Aika, the autobiography of Marathi histrion Hansa Wadkar.
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