‘Demanded different rooms, refused kissing scenes…’ Mika Singh share ‘horrible experience’ of working with this star couple
GH News December 29, 2024 04:06 PM
Mika Singh renowned for his peppy songs and impressive persona in 2012 decided to step into the world of production with the series Dangerous. To be safe with his first project he decided to choose a script written by Raaz filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. Mika chose to cast Karan Singh Grover alongside a newcomer to maintain the budget. However the dynamic changed when his wife Bipasha Basu jumped in to work opposite his husband Karan. What seemed like dream production quickly turned into a nightmare for Mika leaving him with a terrible experience in the field of production. Mika Singhs horrific experience of working with Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover Mika expressed his frustration on a podcast KADAK stating I wanted to cast Karan Singh Grover and a newcomer girl so that the movie remains in budget and we make something nice but Bipasha Basu jumped in this and was like ‘We can both be part of this series.’ They did come in the budget only but the experience was horrible. The situation worsen when the production got delayed for six months causing a significant financial burden for the entire team. I took a team of 50 to London for a month-long schedule. However it extended to two months. Karan and Bipasha created a lot of drama. They were a married couple so I booked a single room for them. But they were like ‘No we need our separate rooms.’ I didn’t understand the logic. They then demanded to shift to a different hotel. We did that as well Mika recalled. Well the challenges didnt end here. Things became bad when the lead actor of the film fractured his leg. Moreover Mika also faced issues during post-production. They even created issues while dubbing the film. They were giving excuses that they have sore throat and other things. I couldn’t understand the drama especially when they were paid for their work he added. Things were worse when the couple refused to follow the script The matter became worse when Karan and Bipasha refused to do a kissing scene despite it was a part of their contract. While expressing his frustration during the conversation Mika said They are husband and wife and yet they created drama around kissing each other on screen. He also criticized the preferential treatment stars give to bigger production houses saying “These stars fall on the feet of big producers like Dharma Productions and Yash Raj Films and keep praising them for even the tiniest roles but their attitude changes when it comes to smaller producers. Aren’t these producers also spending money?. The experience was so disheartening that Mika promised himself to never venture into production again. I have now decided to never produce a film and I advise the same to others. And if at all they consider making films please give an opportunity to newcomers he said.
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