Poonam Dhillon Slapped By Shashi Kapoor: Poonam Dhillon was one of the most beautiful and talented actresses of Hindi cinema in the 80s. When this veteran actress entered Bollywood, everyone went crazy about her beauty. Although Poonam never wanted to become an actress. Actually, she was very good in studies and she wanted to become a doctor. But destiny had something else written and she entered films. During her film career, Poonam also had some sour memories, which the actress has revealed many times. During an interview, Poonam had revealed that once Shashi Kapoor had done something to her which she has not been able to forget till date.
Shashi Kapoor had slapped Poonam
Poonam had won the title of Miss India at the age of just sixteen. After winning this beauty pageant, her Bollywood journey started. Poonam had given many hit films in her career. While shooting a film with Shashi Kapoor, something happened to her that left her stunned. The actress had revealed this story during an interview. In the interview, Poonam Dhillon talked about the time when she was shooting a film with Shashi Kapoor. According to the script, during the shooting of the film, Shashi Kapoor had to slap Poonam.
Poonam was shocked after being slapped
Poonam had no idea what was going to happen because Shashi had not told her anything. As soon as Yash said “action”, he slapped Poonam. Poonam was surprised by the sudden harsh lick. When the scene ended, Shashi Kapoor realized that he had slapped Poonam too hard to make it real. After which he immediately went to the actress and apologized to her.
Poonam wanted to become a doctor
Let us tell you that Poonam made her Bollywood debut with Yash Chopra’s film Trishul. According to reports, she had earlier rejected Trishul’s offer, in fact she wanted to continue her studies. However, she later agreed to the film on one condition that she would shoot only during her holidays. Poonam wanted to continue her studies and become a doctor, but she was destined to enter films. After ‘Trishul’, Poonam worked in many films like ‘Yeh Vaada Raha’, ‘Nishan’, ‘Laila’, ‘Zamaana’ and proved her strong acting skills.