Mahabharat’s Draupadi AKA Roopa Ganguly Feels The Show Was A Dress Rehearsal For Real Life Assault: “I Was Brutally Thrashed…”

Roopa Ganguly is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat. But little did that actress know that what she would shoot for her part in the mythological soap would soon happen in her real life as well!

While Roopa Ganguly is known for her boisterous and fearless personality, the actress said that she faced a tough time owing to her personality traits. Roopa opened up about an incident when she was brutally thrashed by a mob of goons in the middle of the road. The actress said that at the time of the incident she felt that her role of Draupadi in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat left like a dress rehearsal for the same!

Speaking to Bollywood Hungama about the traumatic experience, Roopa Ganguly said, “On 2nd October 1988 began the telecast of Mahabharat where I played Draupadi. How was I to know that was just a rehearsal for what happened on 22nd May 2016 when I was attacked at Diamond Harbour (near Kolkata). I was beaten to the ground by a large bunch of goons, my saree was torn off (a la Draupadi). My head was repeatedly banged against my car. Did they mean to kill me? Maybe not. That would’ve created stink for Mamta Banerjee’s government. But they meant to leave me seriously injured.”