Many things happen during a film’s shoot, and directors often want to record an actor’s honest reaction in a scene. Dibakar Banerjee took this way more seriously…umm, than maybe required while filming Byomkesh Bakshy with Sushant Singh Rajput and Swastika Banerjee. To get a shocked reaction from SSR, he instructed Swastika to kiss him without any prior information. Yes, this happened and back in the day, both the actors spoke about it too!
During the filming of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, director Dibakar Banerjee played a very big prank on the lead actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Just before the scene, he discussed the plan with Swastika Mukherjee and instructed her to kiss him. However, he did inform SSR about this as he wanted to record his genuine reaction to being in shock. During his interview, Sushant also spoke about it and he also revealed about calling his then-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande after the scene.
However, it’s been almost been 9 years since the film, and some Reddit users are now discussing why the whole thing is very problematic. Redditors highlighted how bad this would have been if there was an actress in place of SSR. Redditors also highlighted the topic of consent in this case.
For the unversed, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy was the Hindi film debut of Swastika Mukherjee. The film was an action thriller that was released on April 3, 2015. As per reports, a sequel was also planned for the film. However, that could never happen.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in June 2020 sent shockwaves across the country.