Meet actress who once gave hard-hitting reply to Rajesh Khanna, was known for her temper issues, scolded superstar on set, now works as…

Moushumi Chatterjee is among those veteran actresses who were known for their innocence and straightforward nature. Moushumi’s temper was one thing everyone in the industry was aware of. Her husband, Jayant Mukherjee, played a crucial role for her to be a star, as she was already a mother when she made her debut in Indian cinema. Moushumi’s husband supported and encouraged her to do movies. As a result, the actress turned out to be a huge star of her time. But do you know that there was a time when Moushumi was humiliated by one of the top stars in Bollywood? However, that did not break the actress’ spirit as in return she gave a befitting reply to him as well.

Yes, you read that right! In an interview with Lehren Retro, the veteran actress opened up about an incident when she was pregnant and shooting for her film, during which the lead actor asked her whether this was Vinod Mehra’s child! The actor we are talking about is late actor Rajesh Khanna.

Moushumi and Rajesh were shooting for a film called ‘Prem Bandhan.’ During the shoot, Rajesh had been extremely disrespectful to the actress. Back then, Moushumi had married Jayant and was expecting her first child. While she was shooting, Khanna asked whether the child was Vinod Mehra’s.

This agitated Chatterjee to her core, and she also gave him a hard-hitting response. She said in the interview, “Yes, I gave him back. I asked him, ‘Is it Rishi Kapoor’s child or yours?’” Moushumi said this, as she referred to Rajesh and Dimple’s children. This left Rajesh Khanna speechless and how!

Moushumi has been one of those fearless actresses who never shied away from calling out wrong things. There was a time when Chatterjee even scolded Dharmendra’s son Sunny Deol on a movie set.  At a time when the stereotype existed that pregnancy marked the end of an actress’ career, Moushumi continued shooting even while she was pregnant.

Coming to Moushumi’s work front, the actress was last seen in Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Piku.

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