Overview
- In a video posted on social media that circulated widely on August 6, Mukherjee said she accepted a run of 'C‑grade' and 'sexist' film roles out of helplessness and called the choices 'selling my soul.'
- Mukherjee recounted that her family’s Prayas Production went bankrupt in 2002, leaving her and her husband with about a Rs 1 crore loan that creditors and recovery agents pressed them to repay.
- She said she and her husband worked for roughly three to four years to clear the debt and that every rupee she earned in that period went toward repayment.
- Mukherjee also explained that funding her daughter’s education in Australia and New Zealand added to the pressure that drove her to take roles she later regretted.
- Her account has reignited media interest in how early‑2000s industry shifts, including new technology and changing financing, left small production houses vulnerable and forced some actors into compromising work choices.