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Snehil Dixit Mehra aka BC Aunty is an actor, author, influencer and on Heeramandi, she additionally labored as an extra director to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Speak about her donning these totally different hats and she or he says, “I’m a storyteller. I take pleasure in appearing, however I consider I’m author. By chance, I turned an influencer. But when I’ve to decide on, I’m a director first.”
Working with Bhansali was a dream come true for Mehra who says he would “hold you in your toes”. “His precept is straightforward, both get satisfied by his inventive imaginative and prescient, or persuade him with yours. I used to be advised by many individuals that he has mood points and so they even tried to scare me. However my expertise was utterly reverse. He’s an incredible trainer and a perfectionist so dedicated to his work that he needs the identical dedication from his staff as properly. And there’s nothing mistaken with it,” she says, including that the criticism for Heeramandi is definitely due to individuals’s expectations with him. “His stature does act towards him as he has made a reputation for himself at that stage. In at the moment’s time, negativity will get extra traction. So, alongside along with his stature, it’s additionally concerning the entry that everybody has at the moment,” she asserts.
Working as a author and extra director, Mehra reveals there did come a second the place she obtained a proposal to behave within the present as properly. Nevertheless, there was a twist. “We had been filming a scene the place Bhansali sir joked {that a} line that wanted to be stated by a tawaif. could be stated by me. I obtained very excited however then he revealed it was a prank. I additionally quipped later ‘Essential Heeramandi ki tawaif bante bante reh gayi’,” she jokes.
Mehra shares that whereas it was a dream come true attending to direct scenes for the bold venture, directing actor Manisha Koirala was “unnerving”. She says, “I used to be majorly starstruck seeing her. Once I obtained the possibility to direct her, I used to be so nervous. However she is such an incredible artist and by no means handled me like a primary timer. At some point, she needed to depart early however my scene wasn’t getting over. I wanted her to remain for an hour extra. I went to her scared and she or he advised me that she has already prolonged her time.”
Whereas Koirala’s expertise wowed her, Sharmin Segal’s enthusiasm additionally impressed Mehra, who feels the trolling she obtained for Heermandi was an excessive amount of after some extent. “We had been ready for nitpicking however I used to be harm by the troll tradition although. For those who don’t like somebody, critique their work, however if you troll them personally, it places their morale down. Everyone on that set was giving their 100 %, together with Sharmin. She fulfilled the imaginative and prescient sir had for her. It’s unlucky that individuals didn’t relate to it. However there’s additionally a piece who’s loving her for not going overboard and simply admire her voice. It’s simply the negativity will get highlighted extra,” she says, including that even she has been subjected to trolling. “I used to be fat-shamed so much initially. It used to harm however I handled it by conserving myself busy. I couldn’t go to individuals and clarify that I’m a mom of 1, and that’s why perhaps I’m chubby. But when seeing me, if even one chubby girl will get impressed, that’s a victory for me,” she ends.
