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Neil Nitin Mukesh has opened up about his “beef” with Katrina Kaif while they shot for Kabir Khan’s 2009 movie New York. Neil talked about how Katrina and him became “enemies” on the first day of shooting itself and could not get the scenes rolling for the director. The actor also shared how Katrina kept calling “cut” while shooting many times while doing scenes with him, leading him to be upset with her.
Neil clarified the misunderstanding with his co-star later and all was well between them.
Speaking to Filmigyaan, Neil shared about his first meeting with Katrina and how professionally, their shoot did not wentb as planned. “Pehle din humari mulakat hui toh hum bilkul dost nahi, dushman ban gaye the. Pehla scene humara saath main ho raha tha aur ladayi pe ladayi. Har baat cut kiye ja rahi thi. Kuch na kuch problem tha toh main bhi pooche ja raha hoon ki problem hai kya? (When we met on the first day, we became enemies. We were shooting our first scene together, and we kept fighting. She kept cutting me off. I kept asking what the problem was),” he said.
The Lafangey Parindey star added, “Phir maaloom pada ki mere rang se kuch unko problem thi. Phir kisi kirdaar se, jis kisam se main usse kar raha tha. Toh kuch na kuch woh masti kar rahi thi mere saath aur main wahan pe bohot naraaz ho raha tha kyunki main aa raha tha ek intense Johnny Gaddaar se (I heard that she had an issue with my complexion. Then I heard she had an issue with how I played my character. She kept doing this, and I became angry as I had already worked on an intense film).”
Neil said he also took feedback from director Kabir Khan, who encouraged him about his performance and asked him to continue doing what he was doing with the character. When Neil confronted Katrina, she clarified that she had no issues with him but was nervous about acting in a serious film, as she had only done comedy parts until then.
