Shalini Pandey spoke on Arjun Reddy’s slap scene: ‘Getting such a big film at the age of 21 was like a dream, never thought of anything beyond this’

‘Animal’ fame director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s first film was ‘Arjun Reddy’ released in 2017. Actress Shalini Pandey made her acting debut with this film.

In an interview, on the criticism received by the film, Shalini said that when she signed ‘Arjun Reddy’ 6 years ago, she was very young and innocent.

Let us tell you that ‘Arjun Reddy’ is the same Telugu film whose Hindi remake was Shahid Kapoor starrer ‘Kabir Singh’.

Shalini made her acting debut with Arjun Reddy. In this, Vijay Deverakonda was in the lead role.

There was a debate on Shalini-Vijay’s slap scene
The film Arjun Reddy had to face a lot of criticism. There was a scene in which the film’s lead actor Vijay Deverakonda slaps his love interest Shalini Pandey.

There was a lot of debate about this scene. Many people believed that this film was promoting toxic relationships.

Then it was like a dream for me: Shalini
Now, six years after the release of the film, Shalini has expressed her views on this issue in an interview given to News 18. On the criticism received by the film, Shalini said that when I signed ‘Arjun Reddy’, I was only 21 years old.

At that time there was nothing greater than this film for me. It was like a dream for me. At that time I was young enough to understand other things.

Kabir Singh, released in 2019, was a remake of Arjun Reddy.

‘This film is close to my heart’
In this interview, Shalini did not defend Arjun Reddy but also refused to give her opinion on the film. He said, ‘This film is very close to my heart. However, I would not like to give any opinion on how people liked this film and how they took it.

Everyone has their own opinion about any film and they have the right to say whatever they feel is right.

Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani played the lead roles in the Hindi remake of the film ‘Arjun Reddy’. There was a lot of debate about this film also.

Shalini made her Bollywood debut with the film Jayeshbhai Jordaar.

Will be seen with Aamir Khan’s son Junaid
Shalini made her Bollywood debut in 2022 with Ranveer Singh starrer film ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’. This film flopped badly. These days, Shalini is busy shooting for Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan’s debut film ‘Maharaja’.