Overview

• She said her first film under Boney Kapoor was shelved, leading the media to brand her as ‘jinxed’ and stall her career start.
• Shirodkar credited manager Rikku Rakesh Nath for presenting her to Chakraborty, who agreed immediately to launch her.
• Chakraborty organized a grand muhurat for a Bengali film in Calcutta before introducing her to director Ramesh Sippy for Bhrashtachar.
• She described feeling intense pressure on set to avoid retakes in front of Chakraborty, whom she viewed as both mentor and benefactor.
• Shirodkar maintained that Chakraborty’s support underpinned her roles in several early-1990s films and said she owes her career to his guidance.