Revealed: Why Padmini Kolhapure rejected Mandakini's role in Raj Kapoor's 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili'

After playing the young Rupa aka the younger version of Zeenat Aman in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, there was no turning back for Padmini Kolhapure. The actor was once again directed by legendary actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor in Prem Rog where she played the leading role. However, after working with Raj Kapoor in two of his films, Padmini rejected to star in Ram Teri Ganga Maili which starred Rajiv Kapoor in the lead role. The role was then offered to Mandakini who became a household name soon after.

Now during an interaction with ETimes, Padmini opened up about rejecting Ram Teri Ganga Maili and the reason behind it. The actor told the portal, "You can't grab every film that comes your way, If a film does well to the magnitude that Ram Teri Ganga Maili did, you do feel that you should have been a part of it. Ram Teri Ganga Maili did astoundingly well, Mandakini did a good job, the songs were beautiful. But then, Rajji knew my inhibitions. He exactly knew why I wasn't doing it."

On being quizzed about the reason being the breastfeeding scene, Padmini revealed, "That bold scene was never going to be a part of the film when I was talking to Raj Ji about it. I didn't want to do the kissing scene."

She added, "It was just that I was not comfortable about kissing on screen. But yet, Raj Ji asked me to reconsider it even after he'd completed a 45-day schedule with Mandakini and others."