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Catch this rare, never-seen-before 90s conversation with actress Swapna Khanna, aka Swapna, from the time when Farishtay (1991) was delayed amid disputes involving its cast and crew. Known for films like Hukumat (1987), Aage Ki Soch (1988), Sachché Ká Bol-Bálá (1989) and many more, Swapna also made a strong mark across South cinema in all four languages. But why didn't she achieve the same recognition in Hindi cinema? In this candid interview, Swapna gets unfiltered about the Farishtay controversy, her equation with producer Sattee Shourie and director Anil Sharma, and whether the dispute affected her role. She also speaks bluntly about commercial roles in Bollywood and why she felt South cinema gave actresses more space to shine. Catch these unheard & intriguing stories, only on Lehren!

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00:00In this sense, people say,
00:02who is who is who is who is who is who is who.
00:05They say,
00:06they say,
00:06they say,
00:07things are on the better side.
00:11You should always see things
00:13are on progress.
00:15I always think of my films,
00:16even if it's a film,
00:19I always listen to my role
00:19and listen to my performance-like scenes.
00:23I accept it.
00:24You should always say that the roles were always good.
00:26It was wrong.
00:27You should have asked why some films
00:29didn't come out.
00:30You can't say that the roles were always good.
00:38This film is going to be released.
00:41This film is going to be released.
00:42With this film,
00:43there are some kind of controversies.
00:44There will be some kind of things
00:47that you will find out.
00:49What kind of controversies?
00:52There were some kind of things
00:56that you will find out.
00:56Tell me.
00:58Those were genuine problems.
01:00Those were our problems.
01:02We talked to them
01:04and we talked to them.
01:06It was settled.
01:07You have also said a lot about them.
01:10I have also said a lot about them.
01:11I have also said a lot about them.
01:12I have also said a lot about them.
01:26In the past,
01:27the sort out of the film.
01:28We took them all because both of us
01:29made a professional picture picture.
01:32We were done all the way.
01:34Let me tell you about my role,
01:36I will tell you.
01:37My role is a very good.
01:39She's a girl.
01:41She's a girl.
01:42She's got a mother of Vinohji.
01:45She has everything for her.
01:47She's always prepared for her.
01:48He is a police inspector
01:49and at a point in the film
01:53he has a death of his husband
01:56and that is Rajnikanth
01:57and this girl is crazy
01:58and then the brothers know that his daughter is crazy
02:03and they restore his memory
02:06It's a good shade
02:07This film is a good shade
02:08And the producer's relationship
02:11has not affected the role
02:14I don't think
02:15After all, the film is making a betterment
02:17There's what he's making for me
02:19and I'm not making it for myself
02:21For the people to see
02:23I think he knows
02:25who's got the role
02:27Absolutely not to say
02:28He will break up against me
02:30They know that director
02:32That's the reason that they say
02:35That's my role
02:37I like that
02:39We're probably 5 years old
02:43If you will be able to get your own understanding, you will not be able to get your own understanding.
02:49I would like to say that, today's position is a better place.
02:54People say that, in the sense of knowing who is from their own understanding.
03:00Maybe they say that they are working in the government.
03:02They say that they are in the right direction.
03:04So things are on the better side.
03:06You should always see this, that if things are on a progress,
03:10they are moving fast,
03:14then it is good.
03:16Things are better than what they were yesterday.
03:17It was a good position from yesterday.
03:20But your roles weren't any special in all films?
03:25Which film was it?
03:27Every two or three films were released, nothing spectacular.
03:30The roles were always good.
03:32That's what you said.
03:33You should have asked why some films didn't come out.
03:36You can't say roles were always good.
03:38The roles were always good.
03:40This is a good thing.
03:43Some people make success.
03:45Some people get quickly.
03:46Do you have a preference for commercial films?
03:48Yes.
03:50Only commercial films?
03:51It doesn't have a role in the heroines.
03:54It doesn't have a role in the heroines.
03:55Yes, that is a trend which is very prevalent.
03:57In Bombay, I don't want to say that.
03:58In South, there is a lot of scope of heroines.
04:01All of the roles in the variety of roles.
04:03In Bombay, it is a little bit less.
04:05But the question of my film is that,
04:09whether it is a film that is a film that is a film that is a film that is always
04:11a film.
04:11I always listen to my role and hear that I have a performance-like scene.
04:14I accept it.
04:16So, Fulal South has also done a job?
04:18No, no.
04:19No, no one has done it.
04:20Because there are problems.
04:22So, there is a lot of problems.
04:24I have a lot of problems.
04:25I think that the audience can really recognize you.
04:30I know that the audience can tell me that you don't know me.
04:34If you don't know me, then why were you here?
04:36Why did you come to me?
04:38Why did you come to me?
04:39Why did you come to me?
04:40Why did you come to me?
04:40So, this is not the case.
04:42People are enjoying it.
04:43People want to come and get some more films.
04:46It is because of the time.
04:49And, the people who are coming are great.
04:51Like the film.
04:53The film is like Vahya.
04:53The film is called Kulpatruji.
04:55And, there is a great role of film.
04:57Then, Kulpatruji is one of his other two brothers.
05:01That is also very good.
05:02The film is also very good.
05:03The film is like Vahya.
05:04That is the film's Fulal.
05:05The film is about Vahya.
05:09What do you think?
05:10What's going on?
05:11So, next, let me tell you,
05:15What kind of relationship did you get?
05:18What kind of relationship did you get?
05:20What kind of relationship did you get?
05:22I think that Dharam Ji was shooting in Madras.
05:25At that time, Sattie Ji and LNG were also there.
05:30When it was the most difficult time,
05:32Dharam Ji and LNG and all of the Sattie Ji thought
05:34why not go for this role.
05:37And because already the government has been done with them,
05:40I will do this role.
05:42So I will do it.
05:43And the three of them,
05:45they will approach me.
05:47I don't know.
05:49When there are so many stories about Sattie Shourie,
05:52what is your role in Sattie Shourie?
05:57What is my role in Sattie?
05:58What is my role in Sattie Ji?
05:58For me, as the other producers,
05:59Sattie Ji didn't have so much trouble.
06:02They didn't do it.
06:03Whatever it happened, it happened.
06:06What do you want to call it?
06:07What do you want to call it?
06:08I will say that this film is all they want.
06:11I also want to call it
06:13and it will release immediately.
06:15And all this.
06:15I'm not scared about it.
06:18Okay.
06:19Thank you very much.
06:21Thank you very much.
06:23Thank you very much.

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