Shalini Pandey shared the disturbing incident with the South Indian director, opens on a comparison with Alia Bhatt.

Shalini Pandey | Photo Credit: @Shalzp/Instagram

Actor Shalini Pandey has opened about a disturbing incident with a director of a South Indian film who was working in her vanity van when she was changing clothes. Actor, who made his film debut with 2017 Arjun ReddySaid that this incident taught him to establish borders very quickly in his career.

Shalini said this in an interview VightygyanTalking about their experience of working with men in the industry. “It’s not that I have worked with only good men in my career, I have also worked with horrific men in my life. I am talking within on-screen, off-screen and crew.

The 31 -year -old said that since she was an outsider for the industry, she had no one to return. ,I had Hata Hi Nahi To ask how to be someone in such situations. Now, when I look back, I am happy that I was like this. I was innocent, but I had harsh boundaries. Like, I will snap. ,

This is when the actor shared a rigorous incident from the age of 22. “I was doing a South film and this director walks in my van, does not knock, and I was changing. He just opened the door and entered. It’s a girl who has just done her first film. People usually ask you to be very cute and do not rub people wrongly.

Shalini said how he shouted at the director, a response he said that he was advised against him. “Once he left, people told me that I should not have shouted. But, should be etiquette. Just because I am new, you can’t just enter without knocking. You can’t do this with me. And I realized that it’s something that I will take with me.

Comparison with Alia Bhatt:

Meanwhile, in another interview Instant BollywoodShalini is being compared with Bollywood superstar Alia Bhatt, stating that she wants to keep her personality. “Alia is!

“I don’t want to do this because there is an alia. Of course, there are many commendable qualities that you want to take, but I also want to have my own personality. I want people to see me who Shalini is in something instead of boxing.

Known for working in films like Shalini, Arjun Reddy, GreatnessAnd NTR: KayakuduStarted her Bollywood in 2022 with Ranveer Singh-Starrer, Jayeshbhai JordarHe was last seen in Netflix’s 2024 film MaharajCo-integrated Junaid Khan, and in the 2025 series of Streamer Dabba CartelCo-interacted Shabana Azmi, Jyothika, Nimisha Sajayan and Anjali Anand.