Aruna Shields has arrived and how! Her debut film Prince has become a hit. Aruna Shields will now be stripping totally nude for a film that has been rejected by 60 actresses! The stripping is at a crucial point in the movie Mr Singh Mrs Mehta
It is believed that debutante director Pravesh Bharadwaj had a real tough time choosing the lead girl for the movie. Says Pravesh, “The character is called Neera. She is the muse for a nude painting, and that is her turning point. For a girl who is trapped in middle class morality, to reach a point where she not only poses naked in front of a man who is not her husband but also doesn’t care what the world will think when the painting becomes public, it is a tough journey towards self-discovery. Getting actresses to see my viewpoint was difficult.Every time I narrated the script, I met with very strong reactions. In fact, one actress threw the script at me and walked out.” It has shocked him to know that even though the script is good, the actresses turned shy of doing the film without any concrete reason.”
Pravesh recalls that one actress who is well-known for exposing at the drop of a hat, actually went on to call him a “loser’ for making this type of a film. A former VJ then decided to do the film but said that she would do the nude scene only if her price was hiked big time. “We couldn’t afford her,” he says. Finally, a sensible Aruna Shields was able to see sense in the script and agreed to the film, without any qualms.