Neelam Kothari happened to be a popular actor back in the 90s, after staying away from films she returned to the limelight with the Netflix series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. The show focuses on the personal and professional lives of Neelam Kothari, Maheep Kapoor wife of Sanjay Kapoor, Bhavna Panday wife of Chunky Panday and Seema Kiran Sajdeh. The actress recently shared that once she shared the screen with Chunky Panday and wanted to kill him.

Neelam Kothari and Chunky Panday starred together in the 1987 film Aag Hi Aag and an incident from the shooting left a lifetime scar on her. In a recent interview, Neelam Kothari shared her shooting experience with Chunky Panday when he lied about knowing how to ride a bike and eventually burned her leg. 

In a recent interview, she said, “Chunky is a very good friend today. And he was a good friend back then too, but there were days when I just wanted to kill him. He used to irritate me on set because he was a newcomer. He took his own sweet time. ‘The shot is ready, cameras are set, but where’s Chunky Panday?’ Chunky Panday’s in the bathroom. This didn’t happen just once, but many times, and I just wanted to kill him.”

She further added, “There was a scene in Aag Hi Aag where I was getting married to someone else, and Chunky was supposed to come on a bike, pick me up from the mandap, and ride away. I must have asked him 10 times if he knew how to ride a bike, and he kept saying, ‘Of course.’ He didn’t know — he was joking. So he picked me up on the bike and pushed the accelerator so hard that it did a wheelie, and I was in bridal attire. I fell off, and the bike landed on top of me. I burned my leg and everything. I wanted to kill him. I still have that scar on my leg, and I still remind Chunky that I have it for life because of him.”

Neelam was recently seen in the third season of the Netflix show - Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives.