Actress Regina Cassandra recently made some shocking revelations, sharing her experience working with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions’ film Kesari 2. The actress also weighed in on Janhvi Kapoor’s remarks about the objectification of her character in Peddi as well as Radhika Apte’s recent comments about Telugu cinema. Regina stated that actors who do not feel comfortable with a film’s portrayal should simply walk away from the project. She also mentioned how such conversations create a divide between the North and South Indian film industries.
Regina Cassandra on Janhvi Kapoor and Radhika Apte’s comments
During an interview with India Today, Regina spoke about Janhvi Kapoor and Radhika Apte’s comments, saying, “I feel like at the end of the day, if they feel uncomfortable, please walk out to the film. I don’t think we should be put in a place where we say we didn’t have a choice. This is not against a man or a woman.”
She added, “As a woman, it is very easy for me to take sides, I will obviously take the side of the woman, but I don’t think any of us today, especially the examples that you gave, I don’t think either of them are in a place where they can’t walk out a film, especially being who they are.”
Regina Cassandra alleges Karan Johar ignored her during Kesari 2 promotions
During the conversation, Regina also opened up about her experience during the promotions of Kesari 2. For the unversed, she played the role of Akshay Kumar’s wife in the film. She alleged that Dharma Productions did not acknowledge or even tag her while promoting the film.
Regina, who had earlier called Bollywood ‘snooty’, said, “I really have a big issue with when a North Indian actor talks about South Indian cinema like that because you’re making a North-South divide without you even realising it and that’s absolutely wrong. There are different ways of handling this. Also, Janhvi has spoken about being objectified on Karan Johar’s show; the same Karan’s Dharma Productions decided not to promote me in their film Kesari 2.”
“Now, what am I supposed to call that? Objectifying what? That I’m South Indian? Till date I do not even know why they didn’t. It is very strange. They shared Kesari 2’s song on Instagram and I am featuring in that song from start to finish, but they didn’t even tag me,” she further said.
