New Delhi: Actress Shalini Pandey has recently revealed about a shocking experience of her early days in the film industry. In her recent interview, she mentioned an incident, in which a South Director entered her vanity van without knocking and she was changing clothes during that time. Recalling the shocking incident, the actress said that she had set strict boundaries at the beginning of her career to save herself.
Shalini Pandey on being external
In her interview with film knowledge, Shalini talked about her experiences working with men in the industry, admitted, ‘It is not that I have worked with only good mails. I have also come to work with some terrible men including on-screen, off-screen and crew. You just have to decide the boundaries. I have also faced very chaotic men. This is true.
Shalini Pandey not from film background
Being an outsider in the film industry, the actress remembered how she had no guidance when she faced such situations. The actress says, ‘I am not from any film family, so I did not know how to handle things. I was completely on my own and I had no one for advice. But I look back and look back, so I am happy that I was like this. Maybe I was naive, but my boundaries were strict. I fret when needed.
This advice was given to the newcomer actress
Shalini Pandey revealed that while she was changing clothes, the director of South entered her van without asking. Sharing this disturbing incident, Shalini said, ‘At the beginning of her career, when I was working on a South film, the director entered my vanity van without knocking, while I was changing clothes. I was a new-new artist, and people often tell you to be sweet and do not disturb anyone, otherwise you will not get work. I heard all this.
Shalini has now learned to handle things
Referring to the incident, Shalini Pandey said, ‘I had not even thought … I just shouted. I completely lost my temper. I was 22 years old. Later, people told me that I should not have reacted in this way. But where is etiquette? Just because I am new, it does not mean that you can come inside without knocking. That moment I realized that I need to save myself, even if people feel that there is a problem in my attitude. However, over time, the actress has learned to handle such situations in a different way. The actress says, “Later I understood how to deal with these things instead of reacting angry.”
Talking about Shalini Pandey’s work front work front, Shalini Pandey was last seen in Maharaj and Netflix Series Dabba Cartel with Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan. He is now ready for idli embroidery directed by Dhanush.