Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao’s popular teenage love story, Ishq Vishk is a movie that still reverberates across the hearts of several cinema lovers. The film was quite special for the two of them, since it was not only Shahid’s debut film, but Amrita’s first successful Bollywood film. Moreover, the film also paved the way for a flourishing career for the two of them, who didn’t look back since. But did you know that Amrita had faced difficulty in shooting a particular scene in the film? Well, scroll down as we reveal to you the rather special story behind it.
When Neliima Azeem helped Amrita Rao slap Shahid Kapoor for a scene in Ishq Vishk
Earlier, in a radio show with her husband, RJ Anmol, Amrita Rao talked about her most popular film, Ishq Vishk that was released in 2003. Amongst all the happy memories of shooting the film, the actress recalled facing difficulty in doing a particular scene in the film, wherein she was supposed to slap her co-actor, Shahid Kapoor. Amrita was left perplexed, as she hadn’t slapped anyone before, and so it was difficult for her to complete the scene. However, it was Shahid’s mother, Neliima Azeem, who was also a part of the film, who came to Amrita’s help. The latter mentioned:
“This was the first time I was slapping someone for real… Something interesting happened during that, so Shahid’s mother, Neelima Azim ji, who is also a wonderful actress would mostly hang out with us during the shoot and since I had no formal training in acting, she used to give a lot of tips. I remember that she was there at the corner of my eye standing and motivating me saying ‘Amrita you have to do this, you have to slap him. It was funny and at the same time, very encouraging and finally, I did it and he was so happy with the reaction he got.”