By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-Day
Tuesday,
July
31,
2007
It
doesn't
take
much
to
upset
item-girl-turned-actress
Rakhi
Sawant,
it
seems.
We're
told
she's
hopping
mad
at
producer-director
Rahul
Rawail
for
not
using
"bedroom
scenes" of
her
in
the
promos
of
Buddha
Mar
Gaya,
currently
on
air!
Says
Rawail,
"Rakhi
is
upset
that
I
haven't
used
scenes
where
she
seduces
one
of
the
protagonists
into
bed
in
the
promos.
Honestly,
I
don't
know
whether
to
be
shocked
or
amused!
This
is
the
first
time
I've
come
across
an
actress
who
wants
a
filmmaker
to
show
her
bedroom
antics
on
screen
so
brazenly,
but
then
again
this
is
Rakhi
Sawant!"
Rawail
says
he
doesn't
want
to
use
those
particular
shots
as
he
doesn't
want
the
film
to
be
promoted
as
a
'sex
flick'.
"She
called
me
and
sounded
upset
but
the
bedroom
scenes
are
not
relevant
to
the
promos.
I
explained
to
Rakhi
that
I
didn't
want
to
promote
my
film
in
this
way.
Rakhi's
problem
is
that
she's
too
simple
and
doesn't
know
what
she's
saying," he
says.
In
Buddha
Mar
Gaya,
Rakhi
plays
a
wannabe
actress
trying
to
make
it
big,
much
like
her
situation
in
real
life.
When
we
ask
her
if
she
fought
with
Rawail
over
the
exclusion
of
certain
scenes
in
the
promos,
the
usually
straight
talker
clams
up,
saying,
"I
haven't
asked
Rahul
to
put
any
sex
scenes
in
the
promos.
That's
his
choice."
But
Rakhi
has
certainly
left
her
fiery
stamp
on
the
film.
Says
a
unit
member,
"Barely
four
days
after
she
joined
co-stars
Paresh
Rawal,
Om
Puri
and
Anupam
Kher
on
the
sets
in
Hyderabad,
she
started
telling
people
that
now
that
she
was
here
people
were
noticing
that
a
film
shoot
was
on.
She
claimed
the
rest
were
a
bunch
of
retired
actors!"
Rahul
prefers
a
diplomatic
stance
to
Rakhi's
alleged
misadventures,
saying,
"She
is
forgiven
for
saying
that.
She's
a
wonderful,
clean-hearted
girl.
She
has
the
best
role
in
the
film.
The
rest
of
the
cast
was
apprehensive
initially,
but
when
she
started
shooting
everyone
was
happy."
Rakhi
laughs
off
the
alleged
put-down
and
says,
"I
respect
these
guys.
Rahul
would
yell
at
everyone
on
the
set,
except
me.
I
was
quite
concerned
for
his
health
as
his
paunch
would
start
wobbling
every
time
he
would
yell!
Maine
socha
yeh
buddha
shayad
na
mar
jaye
(I
was
worried
that
this
old
man
would
probably
die)!"
Rawail
says
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
a
black
comedy
revolving
around
the
death
of
a
rich
man
(Anupam
Kher).
"Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
about
how
the
rich
man's
death
brings
out
the
greed
in
his
family.
Om
Puri
plays
an
in-house
swami,
Paresh
Rawal
plays
the
faithful
domestic
help
Ramu
Kaka,
and
Ranvir
Shorey
is
the
man
who
sells
dead
bodies.
Anupam
suggested
we
put
a
disclaimer
saying:
Watching
the
film
is
injurious
to
health.
It's
so
funny
that
we
hope
no
one
dies
laughing!" adds
the
filmmaker.