Nadeem Baig and Urwa Hocane collaborated on the blockbuster movie “Punjab Nahi Jaungi.” Around six years later, when asked about the celeb he has had the most difficulties working with, he picked Urwa after which she felt targeted by him and decided to call it out, stating that the artists already face enough backlash for their dance in item numbers.
Urwa shared her perspective on the incident on Instagram, writing, “It’s so unfortunate that the formats of our shows are such that each member of the industry has to put the other down for the sake of ratings in the garb of fun. Now that it’s come to this I would like to elaborate on my side of the story, Nadeem bhai and I have only done one project together & had one difference of opinion about the song “Lak Hilna” where we eventually went with his aesthetics, choice of song and the dance step as I sensed he was unwilling to hold a discussion probably because as a society we have become so intolerant to a difference of opinion especially when it’s a woman,” she explained broken heartedly.
The “Udaari” star added, “Despite being extremely trolled for the song I never threw my director under the bus out of respect for him. I am so hurt by how my personality is being misrepresented publicly merely for holding a healthy discussion on set which I believe is a basis of teamwork while in all these years it was never pointed out to me in person.”
Furthermore, she said, “I must admit some of it is my fault as when I started working & all through my initial years, I was only wise enough to know that voicing one’s creative ideas/inputs is what one is supposed to do as a team. Today I am wiser to not be at a workplace where I sense regressive and repulsive behaviour towards having an idea/input and where one’s voice is impulsively dismissed as a woman. This may leave one with a few work options in our small industry but I’d rather be my true authentic self as I don’t know another way to be.”
