When Madhuri Dixit Reportedly Locked Herself In A Van Denying To Shoot Devdas Over Non-Payment Issues; Shah Rukh Khan Tried To Help

Devdas stays Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s one of many grandest and most star-studded movie, because it featured actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit within the lead roles. Nonetheless, the making of the interval drama wasn’t simple for the makers because the producer Bharat Shah was allegedly accused of his reference to the underworld. The producer usually made visits to courts and hospitals whereas the SRK-Ash starrer was filming with an enormous finances.

The 2002 romantic movie additionally stars Kirron Kher, Smita Jaykar, and Vijayendra Ghatge in supporting roles. It’s primarily based on the 1917 novel of the identical title by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and the film follows the story of Devdas Mukherjee, a rich regulation graduate who returns from London to marry his childhood pal, Parvati ‘Paro’.

Though Devdas went on to win 5 Nationwide Movie Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards in varied classes, the movie confronted main hurdles whereas filming. As per stories by Masala, Sanjay Leela Bhansali as soon as confessed that the group ran out of cash resulting from producer Bharat Shah, who was admitted to hospital.

However, an insider even shared how Madhuri Dixit refused to shoot resulting from nonpayment points whereas Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai agreed to shoot Devdas with out getting paid.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali stated, “We actually didn’t have cash for the following day’s capturing. I’d be on the hospital within the evenings ready for Bharatbhai to signal vouchers, hoping the funds for the following day’s shoot would materialize anyhow.”

Speaking about why Madhuri Dixit refused to shoot for her sequences in Devdas, an eyewitness recalled, “She locked herself in her van and refused to come back out till she was paid. It was horrific. Everybody, Shah Rukh Khan, Ash, Jackie Dada, supporting actors and technicians waited on the lavish set. Madame Dixit was nowhere to be seen. She despatched a message saying she would shoot solely when paid.”

Though Dixit later arrived on the set after getting paid however the filmmaker by no means shared how he organized for the cash. After the incident on Devdas set, Sanjay Leela Bhansali by no means labored with Madhuri.

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