Image was shared on Instagram. (Image courtesy: m_koirala ) Bollywood actor Manisha Koirala, currently basking in the success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi, recently opened up about an incident where s he 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.
” Talking to Filmfare, the Shehzada actor earlier spoke about the sexism that was prevalent in the movie industry in those days. “I faced some flak for it because in those days, the heroes could have many girlfriends, and they were called macho men, but the actress was supposed to be this, ‘no no no, nobody is touching me' and ‘we are very untouched.' It was also misunderstood that (she is) very easy or easy girl to you k.
