"Mannara hit me on my chest" - Shraddha Das

Zid has released and now everything can be told as it happened. Shraddha Das, who wasn't quite willing to brush things under the carpet was still reasonably restrained when she wanted to share the plight around what truly transpired between her and co-star Mannara during the making of the film. However, now that the film is out in open and the physical bout between the two young women is there for all to see, Shraddha isn't holding back her emotions while narrating the chain of events that led to her being as vocal as she is today.

For the uninitiated, Shraddha had accused Mannara of causing her injury during the shoot of Zid. Even though tidbits around the incident made headlines, we go deep down into the series of incidents and give a 'blow by blow' account. No pun intended. In an exclusive conversation, Shraddha bares her heart out and gives a first person account of what really happened.

I was hit on my chest 

There is a scene in the film where Mannara hangs me on Fort Aguada (Goa). This was at the height of five or six floors of a building. My hands were supposed to be tied up, my mouth gagged and my body tied to a broken chair. This was supposed to be done by a duplicate but still I did this. There is a shot where she comes and falls at the same height as me. She was supposed to hit my chair but instead she started hitting my chest and that too with heels. I couldn't even scream as my mouth was gagged. As usual there was no one to say anything to her.

Friends with Mannara? No ways.

How much so ever heroines pretend to be friend, it is tough for them to be that way. Yes, you are still cordial with each other; you say 'hello' and then you move on with your work. That's normal on any film. However in Zid, there is something very drastic that happened between Mannara and me. We don't even acknowledge each other. If she says that we had a good working equation then she is faking it all up.

We tried contacting Mannara to hear her side of the story. However, all she said was that her focus was on her work and release, and hence she didn’t wish to react to such accusations.