Updated On: 02 April, 2025 03:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Shalini Pandey revealed that she was only a film old in the industry and was always asked not to rub people the wrong way since it would cost her work opportunities

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Bollywood actor Shalini Pandey, who was recently seen in the Netflix series Dabba Cartel, recalled a shocking incident when a south film director barged into her vanity van while she was changing. Shalini revealed that she was only a film old in the industry and was always asked not to rub people the wrong way since it would cost her work opportunities.
In an interview with Filmygyan, Shalini shared, “Very early in my career, I was doing a South film, and the director walked into my van. He didn’t knock, and I was changing. He just opened the door and entered. This is a girl who has just done her first film. People usually tell you to be very sweet and not rub people up the wrong way. They’re like, ‘otherwise, you won’t get films’. I had been told all that. As soon as he entered — I wasn’t even thinking, it was just a reaction — I yelled. I absolutely lost my shit. I was 22.”