Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar began her acting career with South Indian film industry before gaining fame in Bollywood. She is known for her roles in Bollywood hits including Don, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, and Salaam-e-Ishq.
Isha recently shared a painful memory from her early days in the South industry and revealed that she faced multiple challenging experiences as she began her acting journey. In a conversation with Digital Commentary, Isha opened up about a humiliating incident on the sets of her early South Indian films. The actress was publicly shamed by a choreographer for lacking dancing skills.
Isha Koppikar was mocked on South film set?
While sharing her challenging experience, Isha said that in one of the South films, she just started her career even before entering Bollywood. The actress recalled the incident and said in her first film, her choreographer mocked her. “Mere choreographer ne mujhe sabke saamne bola ki yeh Bollywood se ladkiyan aati hai, pata nahi kyun le lete hain inko. Kuch aata hi nahi inhe.” Isha revealed that the harsh comment stuck in her brain. Isha felt so bad and humiliated that she went back to my make-up room and cried. “He humiliated me. I don’t know if he was under some pressure. And he said, ‘dance nahi aata toh yahan kyun aayi ho?'” She also revealed that she took the comment as a challenge and said, “The next time I come to the South, I’ll come after learning how to dance I won’t let anyone talk like that again.” Ishq Koppikar took the criticism as motivation Isha revealed that to transform her criticism into motivation, she approached the legendary choreographer Saroj Khan and began rigorously training at home. Soon, she became popular with the chartbuster Khallas in the Company and earned the title of Khallas girl. Isha later appeared in multiple dance numbers, including Ishq Samindar, Aankhen Maarein, and Aaj Ki Raat.