India, Aug. 2 -- Actor Pallavi Joshi began her journey in the film industry as a child artiste and later went on to become a multiple National Award-winning actor. In a recent interview with Friday Talkies, Pallavi shared a startling anecdote from her debut film, revealing how she was slapped by the director on set to make her cry.

Pallavi recalled that filmmaker Shantilal Joshi, a friend of her father's, cast her in the 1973 film Naag Mere Saathi after she showed an interest in acting. She revealed that Sachin and Sarika played the lead roles in the film, while she portrayed the younger version of Sarika.

She recounted how, during a song sequence in which she was expected to cry, she instead kept bursting into laughter.

"They narrated...