WATCH | "My friends, including Mahesh Bhatt never gave me work": Neena Gupta opens up on 'grudges' with Bollywood

Bollywood actress Neena Gupta who has been widely appreciated for her role in 'Badhaai Ho' recently opened up about her life and the time when she had hit a rough patch. 
During her interaction with Rajeev Masand on the show, "Women We Love", Gupta was asked if she felt any regrets or 'grudges' as none of her friends gave her work.

Opening about the matter, the actress said, “Big grudges, none of my friends gave me work, none of my friends. I have very close friends, who have been making movies and he was making one small movie and a theatre actor from my play suggested my name to him and wo bhool gaya tha.”

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She further shared, “Ek aur ko maine poocha, London mei kuch bana raha tha Kab Aaoge. I called him and said meko kyu nahi diya wo role, he said, Oh shit I forgot.”

“Mere apne logo ne mujhe kisi ne kaam nai dia. I am so close to Soni, Mahesh Bhatt... Mahesh ne kabhi mujhe kaam nahi dia, kabhi bhi nahi dia. Kisi ne bhi nahi diya, I wonder why..” she rued adding, “I am too shy to ask, maybe that's why.”

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Meanwhile, on the work front, the actress was last seen in 'Badhaai Ho'. 

The comedy-drama is directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma and is jointly produced by Vineet Jain, Hemant Bhandari and Aleya Sen under the banner of Junglee Pictures and Chrome Pictures. Through the trailer, one understands that the concept is different and is not something that has been touched upon before. In India ‘Log Kya Kahenge’ is a major crisis and this movie seems to be focussing on that.

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