This young actress whose most recent film has come a cropper at the box-office is reportedly upset with critics for dismissing her work' in the film as strictly decorative'. Given that she had barely 10 lines in the entire movie and less screen- time than all of the other principals, some would say the critics were being polite. The joke in the industry is that the twenty-something comes from a legacy of the finest timber in Bollywood and has turned out to be a chip off the old block. It is likely that her wax impression would be more animated than her,' one reviewer declared.
No wonder she's been telling friends she wants to punch the critics'. But shouldn't her anger be aimed at her director, who reportedly slashed her role on her very first day after she took more than a dozen retakes to get a simple line right? According to well placed sources, a senior actor in the cast who is thick with the director, recommended that the actress' role be kept to a bare minimum after it became clear she was too raw and couldn't match the timing and speed of the rest of the cast.
One catty insider remarked that the actress talked more in the interviews she's been giving to promote the film, than she did on screen. Ouch!
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