I was wearing a gown and carrying a small clutch for a premiere of one of my films abroad. I was in a rush and to be on the safe side, I slipped a sanitary pad in the director’s pant pocket. He laughed and was pretty cool about it and at that moment I realised I should have at least asked him if it would be okay. It was awkward but I had no choice. Men have to be supportive.

 — Swastika Mukherjee

It happened when I received an award for Best Debutante for Godmother in Nandan... after I received it I fell flat on the stage and the whole auditorium stood up!

— Raima Sen

This happened when I was in Class XI. A girl in class called out in my direction: ‘Fatty, call that person.’ I didn’t bother but turned around to check who she was talking to, and realised there was no one behind me. She was calling me fat! I remember coming back home and asking my parents, ‘Am I fat?’ At that time my waist size was 38 inches. I used to have two rolls for evening snack. Chocolates called out to me. In a month I reduced and turned things around. I started skipping, went on a crash diet, and my waistline became 27 inches.

— Koel Mallick

During my initial years as an actor, I was invited to a function at Netaji Indoor Stadium and was told that I would be felicitated as a newcomer on stage. The programme went on till 10pm and I kept waiting. My mashi, who had come down from the US, was with me. Finally the programme ended, but they never called out my name. I have never felt so insulted or awkward ever in my life. I wept like a child.

— Rituparna Sengupta

The most awkward moment I’ve yet to get over was an evening at my school friend Ayan’s house. He used to live in New Jersey and I had gone to stay with him for a few days. I was in Class IX. At that terrible post-pubescent age, we boys would generally chat, slap and kick each other around like it was a thing to do. On the first evening after dinner, I saw Ayan washing his face in the restroom and for kicks’ sake, I thought why not kick him hard in the backside and watch him have a bad time. I went for it but turns out the man in the washroom was not my friend but his dad. They both had the same structure and I couldn’t tell. Yes, I kicked my best friend’s father in the ass. What happened after that? Nothing really. His dad knew I didn’t mean to kick him.

— Mainak Bhaumik

It was my first visit to Ridhima’s pishemoshai’s house in LA. We were having a barbecue night in his beautiful backyard. I opened the sliding door leading to the living area of the house and walked right in without realising there was another netted door behind the sliding door. My knee went through the net making a big hole in it. While trying to break my fall, I ended up making an even bigger hole. I was left red-faced in front of the entire family as they were left wondering what exactly I was trying to do.

— Gaurav Chakrabarty

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