According to me, the actor who stands out in ruining a successful career, who could have been acknowledged as a Legend but his career turned upside down with a casting couch
Shakti Kapoor
Before: He has featured in more than 700 films
What was the Incident?
In 2005, a certain news channel conducted an explosive sting operation on him. The 'trapped' Shakti into propositioning the correspondent and asking her for sexual favors.
After this incident:
- He was banned by the Film & Television Producers Guild of India.
- The news had evoked sharp reactions from the film industry with some denouncing it and others saying the entire industry should not be stereotyped for acts of some persons
The actress would be, the famous Kaho Na Pyaar Hai lead, Ameesha Patel
The promising actor who worked with the likes of Salman Khan with a stupendous initial hat-trick & then when on to do Humraaz, Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai
What was the Incident?
It wasn't a single incident, but a series of them which slowly deteriorated her comeback chances
~Using the badge of feminism as an excuse as a matter of pride
~Her affair with Vikram Bhatt which ended up in a fallout
~She sued her family & sent a legal notice to her father for mismanaging her accounts and using her hard-earned money amounting to Rs 120 million
~Attitude issues: Every interview she gave screamed of attitude, loads of it and once her filmy graph started going down she started blaming other actresses.
After these incidents
She got relegated to second fiddle almost overnight & even the bolder roles didn’t pan out. Now, she is struggling to find roles onscreen