He decided to sack this star-daughter. The star-daughter's parents rushed to the shooting spot and some of us from the director's close circle of friends also persuaded him not to do this to the girl's career.
Today, the filmmaker, arguably the best since Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor, regrets not doing the right thing by his film. "I should've listened to the voice within me which said I was wrong. My film would've been saved."