Zareen Khan Opens Up About The Judgement She Faced In Bollywood After Hate Story 3; Reveals, “They Would Say, ‘Because She Cannot Act, She Decided To Strip'”

Actress Zareen Khan – who made her acting debut as Princess Yashodhara in the Salman Khan-led epic actioner Veer, is well known in the entertainment world for her perforamnces in projects like Hate Story 3, Housefull 2, Aksar 2 and more. The actress – whose last film was released in 2021, recently sat down for a heart-to-heart conversation where she spoke about how her bold scenes in Hate Story 3 led to judgement and negative remarks from some people in Bollywood. Scroll to read all she had to say.

Zareen Khan On Bollywood Judging Her Post Hate Story 3

While conversing with Pooja Bhatt on the Mammoth Media Asia podcast, Zareen Khan recalled the judgement she faced post the release of Hate Story 3. Opening how people in Bollywood looked down at her, Zareen revealed, “After I did Hate Story, a lot of people looked down on me—especially from the industry. They would say, ‘Because she cannot act, she decided to strip.’”

During the same conversation, the ‘Veer’ actress also described her first meeting with filmmaker Anant Mahadevan. Zahreen – during the interaction revealed that Mahadevan has assured that their film together – Aksar 2, would not rely on bold scenes similar to those in Hate Story 3. She said, “He narrated the script in very polished English and said, ‘We are not making a Hate Story. We are making a genre noir,’ or something along those lines. I thought, okay. But once I reached the set, every other scene ended with a kiss or suddenly required me to be in a bra or something similar.”

Adding that she had no issue performing bold scenes in principle, Zahreen Khan stated that she felt misled about the nature of the project. She stated, “I told him, ‘I don’t have a problem doing such scenes, but you gave me a completely different brief. Now, just because you saw that film work, you want to add these things.’ Later I realised the director was spineless. He would tell one version of the story to the producers and another to me and my costume designer Shahid Aamir.”

Zareen: The Producers Of Aksar 2 Suddenly Wanted Me To Do Bra Scenes, Kiss

According to the actress, tensions soon escalated between all parties involved. Khan said, “There was so much animosity. The producers suddenly wanted me to do a bra scene, kiss, or something provocative in almost every sequence just because I had done one such film earlier. That’s not fair.”

Despite the growing conflict and miscommunication, Zareen complete the film, largely because she did not want to jeopardise the producers’ investment. However, she said the situation eventually turned against her. The actress revealed, “I am not someone who throws tantrums. I know people’s money is at stake, so I always try to talk things out and find a middle ground. But by the time the film was finished, things had become so bad that I wasn’t even invited to the screening of my own film.”

She also claimed that media reports at the time portrayed her as unprofessional. Zahreen Khan states, “There were articles saying I was difficult to work with. I still have messages from the director where he complains about the producers to me—but what’s done is done.”

According to Zareen, the conflict eventually split the team into factions. It was no longer just a disagreement between her and Mahadevan, but tensions also erupted between the director and the producers. While the producers reportedly accused Zareen of being unprofessional, Mahadevan allegedly had his own dispute with them over unpaid dues, leaving the project divided on multiple fronts

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With nearly 10 years of experience, Grinell Esther Jacinto is the Desk Head of Bollywood Bubble. Her interests lie in everything that is kaleshi and she loves to dig deeper into the lives of B-town actors. She has a problem though – she loves horror films but will have chills the minute the theatres lights dims. She’s previously worked with Koimoi, UrbanAsian and SpotboyE.