When Manisha Koirala Refused To Pose In A Bikini: "Either You Shoot Me Fully Clothed Otherwise I Am..."

"I remember he gave me a big dialogue," wrote Manisha Koirala

Bollywood actor Manisha Koirala, currently basking in the success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi, recently opened up about an incident where she was asked to pose in a two-piece bikini by a renowned photographer. In an interview, she said, “Very early on in my career I was asked to go and take photographs, and there was this very famous photographer. I went with my mom, and initially, that photographer said things like, ‘You are the next superstar and this and that.' Cut to him bringing a two-piece bikini to me and asking me to wear it. I told him, ‘Sir, I wear this when I go to the beach or for a swim, but if this is the way I have to get into the movies, I don't want it, and I am not wearing that.'”

She added, “I told him either you shoot me fully clothed otherwise I am… ‘I remember he gave me a big dialogue. He said, ‘Jo mitti pighalne se sharmati ho uske murti kaise banaye (The clay that refuses to melt, how do I make a statue from it)'. I have not forgotten that.”