Rati Pandey revealed in an interview how she was tormented by a director on the set in front of the entire cast and crew, which caused her to experience anxiety and sleepless nights.

Rati Pandey shares how she was bullied by a director on the sets

Rati Pandey spoke candidly about being victimised by a show director during an interview with ETimes TV. The actress said that after working on a mythological and historical production that needed her to speak shuddh Hindi, she received the opportunity. She continued, saying that after working on the series, she found it difficult to shed the persona. She uttered:

“I would not like to name the show. So I did a mythological show. Actually, I did one mytho and one historical show. What happened was when you are doing a mythological show for a long time, you start living that role. I had started to speak in pure Hindi in my day to day life also. I couldn’t switch off from the character. All of a sudden I got offered a socio drama and I didn’t get time to prepare at all. I’d started shooting in a week and I couldn’t stop myself from speaking shuddh Hindi.”

As a result, the show’s director intended to replace Rati when she was cast in the upcoming socio-drama with another actress. As a result, Rati disclosed that the director used to shout at her and disparage her in front of everyone on the set. Rati further stated:

“The director of the show wanted another actor for the role but he couldn’t get her. He was like his favourite actress should join the show and not me. But as I was channel and production house’s favourite and also they knew I would be able to pull off the role. This is the first time I’m talking about it and this happened to me recently I guess two or three years ago. To demean and insult me, he would yell at me on the mic in front of the entire unit.”

“The moment I would utter a dialogue, he would interrupt me and say ‘Ye jam nahi raha’. He never used to let me speak or perform. The director is your captain of the show and if he is behaving this way when you have given so much time to the industry. I started to doubt myself as an actress and my potential. I used to go home and just keep thinking about it. I started to have sleepless nights. ‘Main kya acting Bhul gayi hoon, kya Mujhe acting nahi aati’, I started to ask myself. He was doing this to break me, but I didn’t give up. I never retaliated to him and diplomatically handled him for a month. I started to work on myself.”