Looks like, the film in which Vidya was supposed to indulge in a lot of skin show has managed to spoil her skin. After shooting for a bathtub scene, the actress developed a skin rash so severe that she had to be hurried to a dermatologist.
The skin disaster happened while Vidya was shooting for a bathing scene in Film City, Goregaon. Clad in a towel, the actress stepped into a tub filled with soap water. After some time, her skin started feeling rough. She ignored it initially. But when the rough patches gave way to red rashes, she raised the alarm.
A source revealed, "Vidya soon realised that she had developed an allergy. The rash spread all over her body. She quickly got dressed. Abandoning the shoot, she went to see the doctor immediately."
Though some would like to blame the production unit for using unhygienic water for the shoot, our source claimed, "Balaji Motion Pictures had organised for mineral water to be filled in the bathtub. Luthria is very particular about his actors getting the best.
Despite the precautions, Vidya developed the allergy. It could be due to the bathtub, which was hand painted. It could be the soap or maybe just the fact that she had remained in soap water for a long time."
However a leading dermatologist from Andheri (West) attributes the allergic reaction to the quality of soap used. "Like most other actresses, Vidya too must be using a soap with a lesser percentage of alkali.
The soap used must have had a higher alkali content causing the skin to break out in rash. This happens when a person is exposed to soap water for a very long time," said the doctor.
The scene however, did not suffer as much as Vidya. "Hiccups are not uncommon to a shoot. This was one such incident in Dirty Picture. The first schedule in Mumbai has been completed. The second schedule kicks off in Hyderabad in a few days. Vidya will have time till then to recover completely. Hopefully, she'll be fine by then," concluded our source.
Vidya chose not to respond to our text messages. Ditto for Ekta and Milan Luthria.
