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Anyone who has watched Josh would remember the scene where Shah Rukh Khan was slapped by the actress Priya Gill in one of the songs. In a recent resurfaced old interview, Priya talked about the slap sequence shot with Shah Rukh Khan. She recalled her experience, stating it the most embarrassing moment of her career. “I’ll tell you, the most embarrassing thing I did in my entire film career was when I slapped Shah Rukh,” Priya said while talking to Lehren.
Priya revealed that director wasn’t convinced about the shot, so it took several takes before finalising the one. “I had to slap him, in the song, at the beginning of the song. We were doing this repeated, repeated thing in Goa. And Mansoor kept telling me, ‘Priya, it’s not coming with the kind of force that the girl is mad at him.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, okay,’ and I kept trying, you know. And Shah Rukh said, ‘You hit me… hit me.’ And Mansoor said, ‘Hit him, hit him,’ you know? I had to punch him. I couldn’t help it. Oh my gosh, I’ll never forget that.” She said.
Describing how that one slap caused the moment of extreme silence on the set, Priya said, “I think there was complete silence. Everybody just… the camera kept rolling. I think the director forgot to say cut because of the reaction. I remember KV the cameraman telling me, ‘Girls are going to hate you because you hit Shah Rukh.’ I think he was really sweet about it because after, he was explaining to me how it should be done right, and I didn’t know what to say. After that, the song starts. So imagine how much tension I felt, and how cool he was about the whole thing.”
Leaving everything aside, Gill expressed how working with SRK was a dream moment for her. She’s been a fan of his work since his television days. “I don’t know whether you know, but I’m like a… I won’t just say I’m a die-hard fan, because fans are only related to the acting side. I’ve always liked Shah Rukh. When I was studying, I used to watch him on television. He used to come in the serials, and then he became a huge star. But you know, you never think that one day you’re going to be with this guy. And I was totally in awe of him.” Priya said.
She further added, “And I was like, suppose I do something wrong, and he’s such a huge star, what’s he going to do? What’s he going to say? And you have all these doubts coming in. But he was so sweet to us.”
Released in 2000, Josh follows the story of two rival gangs, Shah Rukh Khan who portrays the character of Max, a strong gang leader, while Aishwarya Rai plays his sister Shirley.
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