Popular 90s actress, Shanthi Priya made her acting debut with the film, Saugandh. Moreover, she became the first heroine of Akshay Kumar. Later, she went on to work in popular films like Phool Aur Angaare, Maharsi, Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana, Meherbaan, Agni, Andha Intaquam, and many more. However, Shanthi left the world of acting at the peak of her career after getting married to South Indian actor, Siddharth Roy. Currently, she is hitting all the headlines as she has been sharing some lesser-known anecdotes from her younger days.
Shanthi Priya talks about walking out of Sunny Deol’s film, Veerta
In the latest interview with Siddharth Kannan, Shanthi Priya opened up about her life, career, marriage and much more. During the same conversation, the show’s host asked the actress about the reason behind leaving the Sunny Deol starrer film, Veerta midway. Answering the same, the 90s diva revealed that the whole film was not going as per the narration. She also mentioned that her character was not portrayed as it should have been. Elaborating more about it, Shanthi said:
“Sunny ke saath maine ek picture sign kiya tha Veerta karke, but then whatever the narrations they have told me and then when I went on the set, we were doing some song sequence, and the song sequence was like as if I was some junior dancer kind of a thing. Jaya ji was there, Sunny was there.”