Divya Dutta Recalls Shah Rukh Khan Controlling His Laughter After POP Fell On Her During Veer-Zaara Shoot – Woman’s era Magazine

Bollywood actress Divya Dutta is currently focused on her newly released series Chiraiya on JioHotstar, which addresses marital rape and consent. In the midst of discussion surrounding the show, she recalled a cheerful memory from Veer-Zaara sets in a recent exclusive conversation with Bollywood Hungama. She also spoke about the experience of working on the film and the memories it continues to bring back during promotional discussions, reflecting on her journey in cinema with fondness and heartfelt gratitude expressed throughout.

The 2004 film, directed by Yash Chopra and starring Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Rani Mukerji, also featured Divya Dutta in a significant supporting role. She recalled an incident from the shoot in which an unexpected mishap during a scene turned into a memorable experience for everyone on set. She added that the incident lightened the atmosphere on set and became a fond memory for the cast and crew, who later laughed about the unexpected turn of events together.

Divya Dutt Shared Her Experience On Veer Zaara Set

Talking about the incident, she said: “One experience would be, I am crazily clumsy. And we were doing a scene where Shah Rukh is supposed to come and I am supposed to get up. So the walls were made of POP, of course, it was a set. And when I used to get up, I was sitting on a chaarpai. So as soon as I got up, the chaarpai would get up. And the whole wall would fall down.”

The actress also added, “I have a problem with laughter. So if I start laughing, I can’t stop it. I mean, if I see someone laughing, I am done. Now there’s Yash Chopra, there’s Aditya Chopra, there’s like everybody right there. And there is Shah Rukh. So I was very embarrassed.”

She shared that despite trying to remain composed during another attempt at the scene, things still did not go as planned: “I did the same thing. I said, now I will keep a little less excitement. This time it will be very good. I don’t know what I did in the process. The entire wall fell on me. I was anyway very embarrassed. But I was laughing. So I said, man, I can’t do this. I can’t laugh in front of them.”

She went on to say, “Suddenly, I see this Shah Rukh controlling his laughter. Tears in my eyes. That’s it. I am done. I started laughing. He started laughing. We couldn’t stop. And Yash uncle, standing there said, ‘If you both are done, let us know. Till then we will fix the wall’. It was hilarious. But I must say, working with Shah Rukh is one of the finest experiences I have had as an actor.”

On Work Front

Divya Dutta’s most recent film appearance was in Chhaava, which hit theatres in February 2025, where she played Soyrabai. She was also recently seen in the web series Chiraiya, which started streaming on JioHotstar in March 2026.